Harry Potter’s spoon absentmindedly stirred his breakfast cereal; he hadn’t taken many bites of it this morning, not that Hermione had seen.
Harry’s spoon wasn’t actually stirring his cereal of its own accord; Harry’s mind was just so far away from the breakfast table that his hand was doing it on autopilot, so that the spoon might as well have been acting of its own accord. When it says “absentmindedly”, it wasn’t the spoon that was absentminded, but rather Harry himself.
Harry’s spoon wasn’t actually stirring his cereal of its own accord; Harry’s mind was just so far away from the breakfast table that his hand was doing it on autopilot, so that the spoon might as well have been acting of its own accord. When it says “absentmindedly”, it wasn’t the spoon that was absentminded, but rather Harry himself.
Yeah, that makes sense. Good call.