Wolfsbane potion

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and whether it's correct. >>
> 
> PoA page 258 UK paperback: Lupin says: "The potion that Professor
> Snape has been making for me is a very recent discovery. It makes me
> safe, you see. As long as I take it in the week preceding the Full
> Moon, I keep my mind when I transform .... I am able to curl up in my
> office, a harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again."
> 
> I understood that to mean that he has to take it once anytime during
> that week, and other people have understood it to mean that he has to
> take it daily for that week. Why does 'in the week preceding the full
> moon' imply daily for seven days more than it implies three times a
> day for seven days? 

Neri:
This is probably because in Ch. 8, when Snape brings Lupin his potion,
he says "I made an entire cauldronful, if you need more" and Lupin
answeres "I should probably take some again tomorrow". All this
apparently takes place in the morning or around noon (not long after
Ron and Hermione leave for Hogsmeade in the morning) so it sounds like
once a day for a week, although other possibities cannot be ruled out.

Neri