Dem Bones

[alexpie at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 54768

In a message dated 4/4/03 5:25:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com writes:

> Have you ever known Hagrid to be someone to worry with proper grammar? ;) 
> But come to think of it..."Bones" would be proper for either name. Bone 
> plural would be Bone's and Bones plural would be Bones'...so it could be 
> either one.
> 
I think if you search every paragraph of canon, you will never find JKR 
forming a plural (unless it's a plural possessive) by using an apostrophe.  
That's because it's incorrect.  Always.

It only just hit me this morning (while discussing some film or other that I 
won't mention), that Snape, unlike other teachers, has not yet been shown 
leaving the grounds.  Yes, he does take off near the end of GoF, but we have 
no idea (or rather, a great many) as to where he actually goes.  I just 
wonder if he, too, is under some kind of protection, and if he is aware of 
it.

Ba



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