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

[Geoff]

No: HPFGUIDX 190329



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Margaret Fenney <fenneyml at ...> wrote:

Geoff: 
 > 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".

Geoff:
Which underlines the exact point I have made that Hermione is speaking 
of a situation which already exists.