What we find there (was: How to Get Through the Door)--SPOILERS!!!
antoshachekhonte
antoshachekhonte at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 31 23:55:24 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 116904
> Dungrollin:
>
> If it's about Fudge and Percy, it would have to have an apostrophe
> after the last s.
>
<big snip>
Antosha:
Possibly true. However, it is worth pointing out that "Half-Blood Prince" was originally
announced w/o the hyphen. The lack of thorough copy-edit actually struck me as
endearing--it's nice to know that what we're getting on the site hasn't been processed and
packaged through eighteen levels of pre-cleaning.
There are a number of place names that derive from possessives that lack an apostrophe.
(Of course, the only one that comes to mind at this moment is Caesar's Palace, a place that
annoys the heck out of the wordsmith in me every time I get anywhere near Nevada....)
Also, it could be glossed as spinners (plural noun) end (verb). In which case politicians or
spiders seem the most likely candidates.
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