"Neither can Live"

[kellymcj2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 73373

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sueeeyqbong" <sue at s...> wrote:
> Now me (Sueeeyqbong) :
> 
> something else which just occurred to me about the prophecy...why 
> are there elipses (the dots ) between each section of the prophcy. 
> Elipses are usually used in english to denote a pause or that 
> something has been left out of the text. I can't think of ay other 
> reason to use them. Now I realise that they may be there simply to 
> denote that Trelawney paused whilst delivering the prophecy...but 
> why would she do that, and, more importantly, why would JKR 
> deliberately include a pause in the prophecy? It seems to me that 
> there has to be some significance behind the pauses. 

KelMc 

I am hoping there is more to the prophesy than just what we and Harry 
heard, but, when re-reading PoA, I saw JKR also used ellipses in the 
prediction Trelwney makes directly to Harry.  This is the prophesy 
about the servant going to join his master.  In that prophesy it 
seems clear the ellipses signaled pauses in speech, so unless she's 
changed tack, I'd guess the ellipses in OoP are also implied pauses.
I was not pleased when I saw that.  Really'd been thinking JKR was 
holding out on us with those darned dots.

KelMc