Mistakes and Grammar (was: It's over, Snape is evil)

[Jessica Bathurst]

No: HPFGUIDX 138577

zgirnius:

>My feeling, however, is that this mistake was made in the course of HBP, 
>and was to brush off Harry's warning that Draco was celebrating some 
>significant accomplishment in the Room of
>Requirements the night DD planned the trip to the Cave.

Yes!  I think everybody but Harry (including Snape) underestimated just how 
determined Draco was to accomplish his task.  (Who knew he'd have a sudden 
outbreak of competence and succeed?)  Bringing the DEs into the school was 
not something Dumbledore had thought of, and I think that accounts for much 
of how that evening played out.  I'm still wondering how Dumbledore planned 
to fake Draco's death while the castle was swarming with DEs (and when said 
DEs were moments away from them)...unless, of course, he meant this as a 
possible action that Draco could take later.  I'm not certain.

lealess:

>  A few of Dumbledore's huger mistakes:
>  1) Failing to effectively deal with Tom Riddle when he was at Hogwarts.

That may be the biggest mistake of the entire series.  Although I'm not 
certain what the options were - any thoughts?

>Did he really say "huger"?  It just sounds wrong.

It makes Dumbledore sound like a stoner, but it's right, according to 
dictionary.com.  I can't believe I looked this up - down, grammar geek Jess!

Yours,
Jessica