[HPforGrownups] Re: OotP Mistake (spoilers)/ Foreshadowing/ Favorite lines

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 67536

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> > I have found a mistake in Order of The Phoenix as well, it's in
> > Chapter 5, page 79:
> > Sirius says to Harry "...having to take all his snide hints that he's
> > out there risking his life while I'm sat on my backside..."
> > This shoulde either be "while I've sat on my back side" or "while I'm
> > sitting on my backside".
>
>Grammatically, yes, it would sound better as you've changed it.  However, I 
>think his intention was something like " . . . risking his life while 
>Dumbledore has sat me on my backside."  That he was put on his backside 
>instead of purposely sat on his backside.  That he had no choice.  Not 
>grammatically great, but it's how people frequently speak nonetheless.
>
Actually, I am disheartened at several appearances of a false verb 
form..."disorientated".  :-/  A false reconstruction from the noun 
"disorientation", which a decent editor should have caught - the actual, 
correct, original verb form is "disorient", *NOT* "disorientate", and 
therefore the person should have been spoken of as *disoriented*.

The most common and horrific one (and it doesn't appear in OotP, not that I 
saw, thankfully) is "administrate".  :-/  "Administration" comes from the 
verb "to administer".  There actually is no word, save for the false verb 
reconstruction, "administrate".

Felinia

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