[HPFGU-Movie] Re: The Romance (was HBP: the Good, the Not So Good, and the Ridiculous (Spoile

[Child Of Midian]

From: HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com [mailto:HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Carol
But I'm tempted to buy a spare set of paperbacks (preferably the slightly
more authentic British versions), annotate them, and mail them to JKR or her
publisher as a gift, pointing out everything from typos like "miniscule" for
"minuscule" to inconsistencies like Ron's somehow knowing about Draco's hand
of Glory or the Potters already being under the Fidelius Charm just after
Harry's first birthday in DH when it doesn't occur until a week before
Halloween in PoA. Honestly, *someone* should point out all the places where
her inconsistencies distract the reader. I do that for the clients whose
works I copyedit (I don't correct the discrepancies; I just query them), but
I suppose everyone's too afraid to criticize "famous J. K. Rowling" (as
Snape would call her). After all this time, she still doesn't understand
what fans mean by "the missing twenty-four hours" in SS/PS.



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First, you should check some things yourself, like Merriam Webster:

 

variant of    MINUSCULE

usage The adjective minuscule is etymologically related to minus, but
associations with mini- have produced the spelling variant miniscule. This
variant dates to the end of the 19th century, and it now occurs commonly in
published writing, but it continues to be widely regarded as an error

 

Second, be aware that after the 3rd book they hired someone to do nothing
but maintain consistency in the books.

 

Third, Stephen King went back and re-wrote large portions of "The
Gunslinger" so it would be consistent with the later books and acknowledges
errors in the series, Tolkine worked for 50 years to get everything strait
in LOTR and his son was still editing the three books after his death. This
is not a phenomenon that exist only in Potterville. 

 

Chances are latter editions of the books will catch things that are really
an issue. It's mostly likely that POA for example will be altered to match
DH because time-lines where cemented after POA.

 

Mostly, I have to say, for bob's sake, get over it. I don't think the
average person studies the books that closely that any of the glaring
inconsistencies you point out actually taint the experience for the average
reader. 

 

md



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