Harry's Summer - Age=No Cigar

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 74762

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:
> "ryderrobin" wrote:
> 
> > At the beginning of GoF (in september/october), the twins were 
> > almost 17. That means at the beginning of OotP, they were almost 
> > 18. But not 18 yet. So 17 is legal age, since they already had 
> > their Apparition license in august.
> 
> Yeah :-) ! I *knew* I must be wrong somewhere :-) I'm horribly bad 
> with ages and numbers. Thanks for putting me straight.
> 
> Del

bboy_mn:

Close, but no cigar.

At the beginning of GoF, Fred and George are 16.

---GoF Am HB Pg 189---
"They can't do that!" said George Weasley, who had not joined the
crowd moving toward the door, but was standing up and glaring at
Dumbledore. "We're seventeen in April, why can't we have a shot?"
---end quote---

16 at the beginning of GoF; 17 at the end.
17 at the beginning of OoP; 18 at the end.

You can't get a license to apparate until you are 'of age'; seventeen,
but that doesn't mean you can't attend Apparation classes. Just like
you are able to take drivers education before you get your drivers
license. Side note: that means in the next book, they will begin to
study Apparation, you can't begin to know how much I am looking
forward to that.

So, for most of OoP Fred and George are 17, in April of that year,
they turn 18. 

As far as Apparating, the logical conclusion seems to be that they
took Apparating classes in 6th year, at the end of which, they took
their test, and received their license. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn