Another tricky one. I just checked the dictionary, and rejoice is intransitive, so direct object here https://t.co/1DKpYX3D2X pic.twitter.com/JuwiROpRMX
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) July 9, 2022
* no direct object here. Sorry.
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) July 9, 2022
I think the issue gets back to meaning. "rejoice" is a feeling, so it needs an animate subject. It's hard to tell what the student wanted to say outside of context, but possibly "one cannot help but rejoice in the fact that..."
— Joel Swagman (@JoelswagmanJoel) July 9, 2022
This was another casualty of the "no edit button on Twitter" I meant to say "so no direct object here" but instead typed "so direct object here"
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