Prefects and House Points

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 106373

 nieky replied:
> First, I am so sorry, I meant page 551 of OOTP, the new 2004
> Bloomsbury pocket edition, they probably made a correction:
> "You can't take points from fellow prefects, Malfoy, said Ernie at
> once. 'I know prefects can't dock points from each other', sneered
> Malfoy. Crabbe and Goyle sniggered. 'But members of the
> Inquisitorial Squad-'"

Shaun Hately said:

"This seems a fairly substantial change. If it's a correction, I'm
surprised JKR didn't remember making it in replying on her page
(unless someone made an unauthorised correction, or maybe there
were enough corrections that she forgot about some). But it's not
only a correction - they've taken out the insult 'Weasel King'.

Makes me wonder what else has been changed. I also wonder who makes
the corrections - I'd like to think they are approved by JKR, but I
would have expected a correction like this to stick in her head
under normal circumstances - and her reply on her webpage would
suggest it didn't."

Cathy now - (who will call herself DuffyPoo after this as there is another Cathy here already, sorry.)

And certainly clears up the controversy.  Or causes more controversy, I'm not sure.  However, with the new edition, it seems clear that Prefects, including Percy, are well within their rights to take House Points. Problem solved.  I still don't understand the answer, though, on JKR's website.  Interesting.

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