Dumbledore and other leaders WAS: Moody's death

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 181910

Lenore:
> > I totally agree. They could have easily had the Seven Apparitions,
> 
> A nit first (not so much picking, just pointing out): it's apparAtion, 
> not apparItion. And yes, most of my fingers are pointing back at
myself; that is, when they're not busy hitting the backspace key as I,
too, mistype the word.
>
Carol responds:
I don't know about the UK editions, but the American editions are
inconsistent in their terminology.

The concept is introduced in PoA or possibly earlier, but I can't find
the noun form at the moment. (Anybody have a relevant quote handy?) 

In GoF, it's "Apparition": "It's not easy, Apparition, and when it's
not done properly, it can lead to complications" (Mr. Weasley, GoF Am.
ed 66).

In OoP, it's apparently "Apparation," although the only quote I can
find is Dumbledore's "If you proceed downstairs into the Department of
Mysteries, Cornelius, you will find several escaped Death Eaters
contained in the Death Chambers, bound by an anti-Disapparation Jinx 
 . . . ." (OoP Am. ed. 817). (If anyone has a better reference, please
provide it!)

In HBP, the references are easier to find, thanks to *Apparition*
lessons, for example: "If you are seventeen years of age, or will turn
senventeen on or before the 31st August next, you are eligivle for a
twelve-week course of Apparition Lessons from a Ministry of Magic
Apparition instructor" (HBP Am. ed. 354) and "The upshot of this was
that the sixth years' first Apparition lesson . . . took place in the
Great Hall instead of in the grounds" (381).

In DH, it's still "Apparition": "Even now, he [Yaxley] could be
bringing other Death Eaters in there [12 GP] by Apparition" (DH Am.
ed. 271.

I'm sure that I've seen "Apparation" used by itself, either in PoA or
OoP or both, but I can't find the relevant quotes now. The noun form
"Apparition" sounds to me like one of JKR's linguistic jokes (cf. the
Disillusionment charm, which, BTW, ought to be the Illusionment Charm,
but IMO, she couldn't resist having Mad-Eye say, "I've got to
Disillusion you.") It's unlikely to be the invention of an editor.
However, "Apparation" in OoP (and PoA?) could be an editor's
correction, considering that "Apparation" is the logical spelling for
the noun form of "Apparate."

Carol, curious to see how the British editions compare to the American
editions on this minor point