Typos

[Bente13 at peoplepc.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24238

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Bente13 at p... wrote:
> 
> > Ah! So what you're saying is that even if Harry is saying the 
exact
> > opposite of what it actually true, it's still right? Interesting! 
I
> > guess my understanding of colloquial English still isn't what I
> > thought it was.
> 
> A couple of examples which may help you get the "feel" (or may make 
it
> worse, hey, who knows). It's sort of the situation where, say, my
> husband would do something truly juvenile and I would say, "That was
> real mature." Meaning the exact opposite. 

Next, my old boyfriend's favorite example, slightly
> off color, the then-motto of the equestrian sector of the cadets at
> Texas A&M University: "If you ain't Cav [cavalry], you ain't shit."
> Which begs the interpretation, "so if you *are* Cav, you *are*....?"
> which is best said softly around these big hunky military types. In
> cases like these, the strict grammatical interpretation is often 
not the
> correct one.
> 
> --Amanda.
> 

I understand what you're saying, but if you (and everyone else) don't 
mind, I think I'll just continue to regard it as a mistake that 
wasn't fixed in a later printing. We seem to be divided about it; as 
many people think it's wrong as think it's right and just a case of 
sarcasm, and I don't think we'll ever really know for sure. But 
either way we've probably beaten it to death by now, and should let 
it rest; it's too minor to spend this much time and energy on. Agree?

Bente