MondSemmel comments on Luna Lovegood and the Chamber of Secrets—Part 9

[MondSemmel]

Typos:

• a second the entrance → a second entrance

• “Lumos,** Luna said. → “Lumos,”

• Luna followed the right wall until her until she bumped → right wall until she bumped

• could talk to the Slytherin’s basilisk → to Slytherin’s basilisk

• Parselmouthes → Parselmouths

• The only thing he would know is about the Heir of Slytherin was that she: → ??

• Labrynth → Labyrinth

• Ravenclas → Ravenclaw

Tenses:

• so that you don’t get a Gryffindor → didn’t get

• Parselmouthes are not special.-> were not special

• They do not have secondary characteristics. → did not

[lsusr]

Fixed. Thanks.

[Measure]

Also “had slayed” I think should be “had slain”. Here and also at “slayed Slytherin’s basilisk”.

[MondSemmel]

It seems “slain” and “slayed” are both valid as the past principle of slay, though I did have the same thought before I looked it up.

[Measure]

From the linked article:

The alternative past tense and past participle form “slayed” is most strongly associated with the slang sense, “to delight or overwhelm”:

In recent use, “slayed” is also often found associated with the other senses as well. However, this is widely considered nonstandard