Ancestor v Descendant Question

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 3721

Hi --

mmarth at peoplepc.com wrote:

> So what exactly does she mean by that.  Could there be another
> descendent or ancestor?  I am confused.

I am a bit confused by her response myself.  It sounds like she might
have been impressed with the catch (referring to it as a "deliberate"
error) & then quickly stepping in to say that it's been "corrected" to
read descendant.  But, she can't resist throwing in "hang on to the
"ancestor" thought for later"!

Would all the UK people please check your editions of CoS -- does
*anyone* have a UK edition that says "descendant"????

My impression is that it has been left as ancestor in the UK editions.
It was ancestor in early versions of the US hardback edition.  At some
point, it was changed to "descendant."  BUT, the paperback versions of
CoS that were just released by Scholastic in the US are BACK to using
*ancestor.*  So, what DOES all that mean?

My feeling has always been that it's far too important for the British
editors to have missed it completely in the first place.  I've always
thought that the American editors thought they were fixing something.
But, if the UK editions have in fact never changed over to descendant &
if the US paperback versions are also back to using ancestor, what does
that mean?  There's something there I think.

Penny



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