Hagrid and Magic

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No: HPFGUIDX 132187

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ehren" <clehrenet_81 at y...> 
wrote:
> Hello fellow HP fans:
> 
> I had a couple of questions I was hoping to get some insight for. 
> Sorry if this has been discussed in previous posts.
> 
> 1. I am finishing up reading CoS and a thought occured to me. 
Since 
> Hagrid's name was cleared and we know he wasn't resposible for 
> opening the Chamber why isn't he allowed to use magic now? 
> 
> "We had to go slow, 'cause I'm not really s'posed ter use 
magic..." 
> OoP pg 377 (US Paperback)



*** I think that this line in OOTP was just a mistake by JKR.  I 
thought I had remembered JKR commenting about this in an interview 
so I went to look for it and I found it.  Here is her answer on the 
subject:

Question:Since Hagrid's name was cleared in Book 2, will he ever be 
allowed to do magic openly again ? (Jan Campbell)

JKR: He is allowed. He has been allowed to do magic openly ever 
since he became a teacher but because he was never fully trained his 
magic is never going to be what it should be. He is always going to 
be a bit inept.

So it is clear that Hagrid is allowed to do magic.  Seems like a 
Flint to me.

JR