Snape should have kicked James/Sirius' behinds!!.

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 156534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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>
> Carol responds:
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> I think you may be confusing nonverbal magic with wandless magic. 
The
> one spell Severus cast (the one that cut James's cheek), was
> nonverbal, which is why posters are arguing over whether it was
> Sectumsempra or not. Also, of course, he invented the nonverbal hex
> that James is using against him (Levicorpus), so he *can* use
> nonverbal magic when he has a wand in his hand. But just as Harry
> couldn't make his wand come to him by calling "Accio wand!" Severus
> can't deliberately do wandless magic, as indicated by the fact that
> his wand just lies there when he's yelling curses (obscenities?) 
and
> hexes at James as he's lying on the ground. 
> 

Allie:

Either one would have helped him.  He did manage to pull one 
nonverbal on James (sectumsempra/sectumvisage/not sectum at all).  I 
don't think he tried to do anything without his wand, even though he 
might have been successful.  Harry was able to pull off a 
wandless "lumos" when cornered by dementors, although his wand was 
very close to his hand when it happened and that was life and death. 

Allie
(not confused for once)