The students reported their initial beliefs about whether physical punishment is an effective way to discipline a child on the scale from 1: completely disbelieve to 9: completely believe.
He had been so sure his parents have been wonderful people that he had never had the slightest difficulty in disbelieving the aspersions Snape cast on his father's character.
He had been so sure his parents were wonderful people that he had never had the slightest difficulty in disbelieving the aspersions Snape cast on his father's character.
He said the spell automatically, desperate for light to help him in his search—and to his disbelieving relief, light flared inches from his right hand—the wand tip had ignited.