New Angle on the prophecy Neville and Harry.

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 72365

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "tucsonterry" <tvgrant at c...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinwolf2001" 
> <lupinwolf2001 at y...> wrote:
> > I was thinking about an angle on the prophecy ... that could give
> > some proof to the argument that the prophecy pertains to Neville 
> > ...
> Huge snip---------
> 
> There are a lot of "..." in the actual prophesy. 
> 
> Ellipses are a literary device used to indicate the omission of
> words or thoughts:
> 
> Ellipsis--- ... a pause (Merriam-Webster)
> 
> 
> It makes me wonder if Dumbledore heard it in its entirety, ...
> 
> I think it is possible that only the MIDDLE of the prophesy applies 
> to Harry, and that the beginning and end apply to Neville.


bboy_mn:

You will note the one remaining piece of the definition of 'ellipsis'
that remains after I 'snipped' it. ... a pause.

Because there is no other way to insert pauses into written text that
represents spoken words, authors will use '...' for a pause in speech.
Sometimes the emotional context of speech can be more clearly conveyed
when you have some sense of the timing.

I'm confident that the ellipsis we see in the Prophecy represent pauses.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn