Xinfu
July 03, 2015, 12:03 AM
p.117
-He heard Hermione whisper, 'It's bewitched to look like the sky outside, I read about it in Hogwarts: A History.'
They are staring at the ceiling of the Great Hall.
1. If 'it' is empty, referring to the to-clause, then why not bewitching? Something that makes you bewitched (=bewitches you) should be bewitching.
2. If 'it' is not grammatically empty, referring to the hall ceiling, then why not bewitching?
-He heard Hermione whisper, 'It's bewitched to look like the sky outside, I read about it in Hogwarts: A History.'
They are staring at the ceiling of the Great Hall.
1. If 'it' is empty, referring to the to-clause, then why not bewitching? Something that makes you bewitched (=bewitches you) should be bewitching.
2. If 'it' is not grammatically empty, referring to the hall ceiling, then why not bewitching?