Missing "never"

[christi0469]

No: HPFGUIDX 36656

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Kendra Grant-Bingham <kendra_grant at f...> 
wrote:
> At 12:40 AM 3/19/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >~~~~~I have a very recent US copy of GoF. The word never is in 
the scar 
> >comment but the wand order is incorrect (James comes out first). 
Did I 
> >just manage to pick up an old copy or does anyone else with a 
recent US 
> >copy have the same thing?
> >I am so extremely confused.~~~~~
> 
>  Kendra Grant-Bingham replied,
> 
> I have a very recent book.....copyright 2000.....the wand order is 
> off....James comes out first......and the word "never" is in that 
comment. 
> Exactly how is that comment written in the UK version? I'm a 
little 
> confused, too. Does it make it seem as if Fudge is saying that he 
HAS heard 
> of a curse scar being an alarm bell?


My relatively new (it was an X-mas gift) US hardbound copy of GoF 
has Lily coming out of the wand first and has Fudge saying "...I've 
never heard of a curse car acting as an alarm bell.." 

It seems as if the additions differ by UK/US editions, edition 
number, and HB/PB. What a mess. How are we supposed to make 
complicated theories when the editions very so much? The inclusion 
or omision of the word never radically changes the meaning of a 
passage, and the order that Lily and James come out of the wand 
would seem to be very important. ARGH!!!

Christi