Distribution of students in houses (was: Dorms)

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No: HPFGUIDX 26127

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:

 If there were a bunch of unnamed Gryffindors 
> in all those Potions classes or celebrating Quidditch victories in 
> the Common Room, it is entirely logical and to be expected that at 
> some point we'd have at least been told that they were there or that 
> they would have spoken up in class or SOMETHING!>

Hi Everybody -

It's good to see the discussion here turning a bit back towards Harry 
and I'm glad to add something.  In PoA, when the Gryffindors have 
their first DADA class with Lupin, quite a few students fight the 
boggart - I get the feeling that not all of them are students we know 
by name.

There are other examples of unnamed students speaking up: in GoF, 
students shout out what they think the Beauxbatons carriage is before 
they see it.  I know there was another example but I can't remember it 
right now.

I have to agree with Cynthia - there are plenty of students whose 
presence is implied.  I do simply assume that they are there, just as 
I assume there are more than just 3 dorm rooms (Harry's, Hermione's 
and the twins') beyond the Gryffindor common room.  I feel like 
someone posted something just like this, maybe in the Lexicon?

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