Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190299

> Steve/bboyminn:
> "...they wanted me to carry on with my brace. "

I wonder if we aren't stumbling into a variation of common usage of
UK English here.

It is possible that Hermione is NOT saying that her parents want her
to continue on with braces, but more so that her parents would like
he to follow a more traditional approach to dentistry (ie: braces).

What I'm getting at is that even though Hermione is using language
that implies the past and present, she could be talking about
> proposed future events. <snip>


June:
Her parents wanted her to carry on with her brace, which means she
has them already (or is in the process of having them). If it was
past tense she would have said I had braces (and this conversation
would not be taking place lol) and if it was future (as in she has
not begun with the brace in any way) it would have been more like
"My parents wanted me to have braces" (or get braces).