There was so much to do, so many things, that even Headmistress McGonagall didn’t seem to know where to start, and certainly not Harry.
“and certainly not with Harry”, with Harry as the object of McGonagall’s starting, or “and neither did Harry”, as in “Harry didn’t know where to start either”?
I agree with the second, but I read it as ‘and Harry certainly did not’, which makes the actual phrasing seem slightly more justifiable than it otherwise would seem.
This sentence just clunked for me:
“and certainly not with Harry”, with Harry as the object of McGonagall’s starting, or “and neither did Harry”, as in “Harry didn’t know where to start either”?
That was my interpretation.
I agree with the second, but I read it as ‘and Harry certainly did not’, which makes the actual phrasing seem slightly more justifiable than it otherwise would seem.