[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry the Auror... or not?

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 76843

annemehr wrote:
> I don't know why they take the prophecy that way, because to 
> me, "either must die" means one or the other.  If it said, "one must 
> die at the hand of the other" it would make it sound like a 
> *certain* one must die.  By saying "either must die" the prophecy 
> doesn't specify which one it is.
> 
> It's like if someone asks you, "do you want eggs or cereal this 
> morning?" and you reply, "either," it means you'll have one or the 
> other, not *both*.  You're just not specifying which one.

'Either' can mean both, and Rowling has used it with that meaning 
when she described the QWC arena with goals at either end of the 
field.  It doesn't have to mean both, but it can.  Which is 
undoubtedly exactly why she chose to use the word.