One and the one

Geoff Bannister gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Sun Oct 9 21:35:02 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 141354

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "foodiedb29" <eleni3 at o...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi all, 
> I just read on a site, that in the prophecy as written in the UK 
> edition, the word one is first written as One, with a capital, and 
> then the next time with a lowercase "o".  So, if that is true, 
maybe 
> there are two ones.  A One, and a one.  Did that make any sense?

Geoff:
As written in my UK adult "library" edition, I find:

'But when Sybill Trelawney spoke, it was not in her usual ethereal, 
mystic voice but in the harsh, hoarse tones Harry had heard her use 
once before:
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born 
to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal but he will have 
power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of 
the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one 
with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh 
month dies..."
The slowly revolving Professor Trelawney sank back into the silver 
mass below and vanished.'

(OOTP "The Lost Prophecy" p.741 UK edition)

So both "one"s are lower case....








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