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

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190328



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Margaret Fenney <fenneyml at ...> wrote:
>
> Geoff:
> 
> Going back to the original quote in GoF which June supplied, it was:
> 
> >> '(... they wanted me to carry on with my brace."'
> (GOF "The Yule Ball" p.353 UK edition)
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> 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
>

Steve:

Oh... good catch. It seems, given what you said, Hermione is speaking in the present tense, but is also 'possessive'. "My bace" implies something she possesses right now, not something she might possess in the future.

Truthfully, I don't know what to think. But none the less, very good point.

Steve/bboyminn