Typos

Indigo indigo at indigosky.net
Tue Aug 14 21:24:19 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 24157

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Dave Hardenbrook" <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> On 14 Aug 2001, at 1:57, Bente13 at p... wrote:
> 
> > First American Edition, July 2000. Page 712, second paragraph 
from the
> > bottom. "Time is short, and unless the few of us who know the 
truth do
> > not stand united, there is no hope for any of us." They must have
> > fixed it later, the way they fixed the Priori Incantatem thing. I
> > figured it was probably a mistake - a lot of people have trouble 
with
> > double negatives - but with the gleam in Dumbledore's eye and all
> > that... just as well to make sure!
> 
> Not as crucial, but in the same league is this error near the top 
of 
> page 325: 
> 
> "[Madame Maxime] wasn't exactly hard to miss."
> 
> Umm... Shouldn't that be that she *was* hard to miss??

No!  Madame Maxine is [presumably] at least part Giant.  She's NOT 
hard to miss!  She's quite big! 

> 
> Also this one, top of p. 685: 
> 
> "How did your father subdue you?" said Dumbledore.
> "The Imperius Curse," Moody said.  
> 
> But this is *Crouch* speaking!
> 
Yes, but he looked like Moody to all viewers, so even if we know he's 
Crouch, we're "seeing"  Moody. 


Those are, at least, my takes on it.







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