[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 161670

> Potioncat:
>
> Well, you've certainly done your homework! Quite impressive.
>
> I'm with Carol here, I think "left" as past tense of leave is no more
> significant than "said" in dialogue. It's just a transition word.
>
> It would be interesting to see if "right" as a direction is used when
> other characters are involved, or if JKR just tends to place things
> to the left most of the time.


This line of thought would only be productive if the word "left" appears to 
be used far more than "right" appears. One would have to look at the 
passages and count them up. Otherwise, it's just a "left" theory, and 
suddenly you notice the passages saying "left" far more than the passages 
that say "right". It's a subconscious thing, but may not add up to a 
disproportionate use of the word "left" over the whole series. Rowling said 
in one interview (or was it on her web page?) that the fans are far more 
observant about where the classrooms are than she has been, and that even 
some of them have moved (shifted floors) between books. Even if she has a 
tendency to use the word "left" subconsciously more than she uses "right", 
that should be evenly distributed all over the books, and not necessarily in 
any of the passages relating to just one character in the book. I would be 
more impressed if a word count was involved in this conjecture.

And, as already mentioned, you cannot look at passages that say someone 
moved left, or something that was located on the left, and connect them in 
any way to Snape's wand hand, as the two are entirely unrelated.

Shelley