Missing "never"

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 36660

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "christi0469" <christi0469 at h...> 
wrote:
> 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

Just make a new complicated theory that deals with the pattern 
of errors that differ by printing plant, publisher, and printing, 
errors that get fixed and later apparently unfixed.

At one point, I tried to do a little research into the CoS last 
remaining ancestor/descendent problem.  The word used 
seemed to differ in the same edition depending on which state 
the printing plant was in.   Then, it got fixed, then it was back to 
being ancestor again.  Then I gave up because I got tired of 
looking at every CoS I happened to run across.  The interesting 
thing about the ancestor problem is that it didn't get much 
publicity in the press, wheras the wand error problem has 
several news articles on it.  This current thread is the first I've 
heard of the missing 'never' problem.  To document these things 
properly, we need to keep track of whether it is a UK or US 
edition, which edition, which printing, and which printing plant.
If anyone is serious about this, we could start a database and 
have each member enter the data for each book they can get 
there hands on.

Sirius Kase