[HPforGrownups] Just a few comments

Random random832 at rcbooks.org
Tue Jul 22 01:42:53 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 72184


On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 06:17 America/Indianapolis, sephora063 
wrote:

> 1. In GoF: On pg. 186 (US), Dumbledore states that the Triwizard 
> Tournament hasn't been held in over a century. On pg. 264 Hagrid says 
> that he'd never thought he would live to see the Tournament played 
> *again.* Is this a possible flint? Or perhaps evidence of some 
> time-turning (groan...I like it, but it's much too complicated). JKR 
> is pretty organized, but I understand that it is hard to juggle all 
> the details.

Grammatically, 'again' could modify either him seeing it (which you are 
assuming) or simply it being played (without him having seen it). I 
think it being the second meaning is the simplest explanation

--Random832





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