[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Grammar Question--Why Robes

[Margaret Fenney]

> [Lee]:
> Sorta-Kinda-Almost-Maybe...but I guess it just sounds silly. I can give
> trousers a break because of two legs, but I still don't get how that
> pluralism on "robes" got started. Perhaps I'm just too--uh--Americanized
> for it to feel / sound right.
>
> Smile,
>
> Lee
> (Maybe not so confwoozled, but still shaking head.)
>
Bookcrazzzy:

The term as used in the HP books is referring not to the robe itself but to
the entire outfit required - shirt, tie, robe, etc. - so "dress robes" means
"dress clothes" or "dress outfit".


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