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Rule "Disappointed with, at, or by"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Disappointed with, at, or by
Message: The usual collocation for "disappointed" is "with", "at", "by", but never "of". Did you mean <suggestion>\1 with</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We could be disappointed of this announcement.
    Correction suggestion: disappointed with, disappointed at, disappointed by
ID: DISAPPOINTED_OF [147]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-02 22:33:09 +0100)