Shannon's Journal

[Shannon]

I was just looking over the Anger management program's script, and realized something interesting, now that I'm not so loopy anymore. The omission of the word "of" in the particular location SubTest found it ["I now completely disconnect from, let go, release and reject of frustration, and I remain completely calm, tranquil and peaceful instead."] actually works as English. It's an unusual and secondary usage where the word "of" is implied, but it is valid. In this case, the effect is to say "I now let go my frustration". The grammar works because the "of" is implied. This form is more archaic and would be more likely to be found in something written a few hundred years ago, but because we still teach works of literature from those periods, we still see this occasionally.

That basically means there is technically no error, but I am going to rebuild the program anyway. The point of posting the scripts is to show you what's going on so you'll feel comfortable using the programs. I know some of you are just as particular as I am, and even something like this would be unsettling. So... today I will start posting the scripts for the programs that were found to have errors, and we can all have fun looking for errors that SubTest missed. Somehow, I doubt any further problems will be found.

Hi Shannon!
This is not an omission, but a "misplaced of" that I was pointing to. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you meant here, but in your comment it seems to me that you are talking about "let go" as an error instead of "I reject OF frustration". To me this "of" location seemed incorrect and I thought you just misplaced it. I've been told "reject OF frustration" is unfortunate! ("unfortunate" was the teacher's word. He didn't say "incorrect" though, and said it would be better to write "let go of". Since he didn't say "incorrect", maybe he would agree with your explanation.)
He is a 50 something English teacher.
I'm not in place to argue about grammar, but are you sure it isn't an error? Because if it is, it means I got GCed

Can I ask for an upgrade to Jackie once you'll have rebuilt this program?

Ps: I downloaded the language learning subs today. Thanks!

You're going to find that experts in all fields disagree with one another. In this case, the situation represents an error according to the most commonly used modern rules of usage of the English language. That I don't deny.

However, it isn't an error under all rules of usage. As I stated before, the rules of usage and grammar in the English language do change over time. This omission of the word "of" would be considered an "artistic usage" of the grammatical structure, more common in the time of Shakespeare.

This is not the time of Shakespeare. That's why I agreed to rebuild it. Yes, you can ask for an upgrade.