Questions about English Grammars in Harry Potter Movies.

Now I’m obsessed with Harry Potter movies and I’m watching my fav scenes so much over and over again that I almost memorized all the lines in those scenes. But there are a few grammars that I don’t understand why they can be correct in them.

The first is Snape’s line, “I assure you that were you in Slytherin and your fate rested with me, the both of you would be on the train home tonight!”

Why is it “that were you” instead of “that you were”?

And the second is again Snape’s line to Lupin, in the scene where he found Harry wandering the corridors at night, and Lupin showed up after Harry read the insults to Snape that appeared on a map: “Out for a little walk in the moonlight, are we?”

why is it “are we” not “are you”?

Sorry for my bad explanation and English tho😅

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

Ever noticed that few are actually grammatically correct?

When writing it's called artistic license and getting into the character role. You need to think broader. Especially when any character is speaking.

Descriptions on the other hand is different. There are no characters to have a role. Therefore it needs to be grammatically correct.

You might not even like a character, because of that person's grammar. Yet it's still apart of the character role.

Arukas3 · 18-21, F

@DeWayfarer so certain characters dare to use non-standard grammar in order to highlight their character?

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Arukas3 not quite that way. Like everyone is different.

"All the world is a great big theater!"

Arukas3 · 18-21, F

@DeWayfarer okay, so when writing an essay or stuff like that we have to care about the grammar, but when speaking a language we shouldn’t care about the grammar mistakes since we all are different?

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@Arukas3 again everyone is different. And in the real world few are actually grammatical correct. An author must attempt to put things just as the character puts it.

Hence why there are quotes around what is said. Noticed I put the above in quotes?

It's a literal. Someone did say:
"All the world is a great big theater".

If there was a grammatical mistake, it still would be correct. Because the person did say it with the grammar mistake.

This is a literal of your form of speech:

[quote]"okay, so when writing an essay or stuff like that we have to care about the grammar, but when speaking a language we shouldn’t care about the grammar mistakes since we all are different?"[/quote]
It's exactly how you said it!

There is grammar mistakes in it! Yet it's still correct for me to say as a quotation.