Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book corrections

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 5 corrections

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In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Marcus Flint is described as a "troll-like 6th year". Yet in the Prisoner of Azkaban, Flint is still captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team. There are only 7 years in Hogwarts and there is no mention of Flint being held back a year or anything else which would explain why he is present in what would be his 8th year at Hogwarts. [J.K. Rowling has acknowledged this apparent discrepancy, and has commented that Flint was held back.] Corrected by Cubs Fan

In the beginning of the book when Harry found the Knight Bus, Stan Shunpike is telling Harry what he can do for a certain amount of Sickles, like 11 to get to London. Harry chose one and it said that he handed Stan gold, which would be Galleons, not silver Sickles. [So? Stan is quoting their prices to Harry, Harry pays with a large denomination and Stan gives him change back.] Corrected by Twotall

After Harry and Hermione return from saving Buckbeak and Sirius, Dumbledore had locked them in the hospital wing. However, it says that Harry and Hermione slipped back into the dormitory, whereas it should be the hospital wing. [A dormitory is "a room containing a number of beds", like the hospital wing. So in fact, JKR is not referring to the Gryffindor dormitory when she writes this - she does mean the hospital wing.]

On page 185, it says that all the Ravenclaw Quidditch team players ride Cleansweep Sevens. But on page 188, Wood tells Harry that Cho Chang, who is the Ravenclaw Seeker, rides a Comet Two Sixty. [We're not even told *who* says that all the Ravenclaw players ride Cleansweep Sevens: it's just a random, unnamed Gryffindor. They're either making a generalization (perhaps all the *other* Ravenclaw players ride CS7s) or they're flat out wrong. So it's either not a mistake at all, or it's just a character mistake.] Corrected by Phixius

In chapter 19, it says that Voldemort was in hiding for 15 years. If he only lost his powers 12 years ago, why would he have been hiding for the extra 3 years? [Because he was the most wanted wizard in the world, guilty of several crimes.] Corrected by Twotall