Teeth, braces, and the English Language or variations thereof.

[Margaret Fenney]

No: HPFGUIDX 190326

Geoff:

Going back to the original quote in GoF which June supplied, it was:

>> '(Hermione speaking) "Mum and Dad won't be too pleased. I've been trying
>> to persuade them to let me shrink them for ages, but they wanted me to
>> carry on with my brace."'
(GOF "The Yule Ball" p.353 UK edition)

Hermione had been trying to persuade her parents in the past, but it 
is obvious that they did not approve, in the past, and wanted her to 
continue with the brace and their wish had not been countermanded up  
to the point in the story which we had reached, which, as I said 
previously, a different scenario to the one which you envisage.


Margie:

I respectfully submit that if Hermione was speaking of the future, 
she would be unlikely to use "my brace" but would instead refer to "a 
brace".

Margie