A Mistake and a Question

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No: HPFGUIDX 23260

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., jonathandupont at h... wrote:
> The mistake - 
> In POA21 "Hermione's Secret" Dumbledore calls H&H "two 
thirteen-year-
> old wizards". Surely Dumbledore is wrong - Hermione is 14.

No, I believe he is correct.  As stated by JKR, Hermione's birthday is 
September 19th.  She is younger than Harry, not older (born later the 
same year, not earlier the previous).  At the time of POA21, she would 
still be 13.  She isn't 14 until the September after that.

In any case, I'm sure Dumbledore, like many teachers and principals 
would generalize his student's age to the year their in from time to 
time.

-Luke