diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53002d62e..fff087db3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ For full details, see the git log at: https://github.com/ksh93/ksh
 
 Any uppercase BUG_* names are modernish shell bug IDs.
 
+2021-11-14:
+
+- Another test/[ fix: "test \( string1 -a string2 \)" and "test \( string1 -o
+  string2 \)" no longer give an incorrect "argument expected" error message.
+
 2021-11-13:
 
 - The test/[ built-in command now supports the '<' and '=~' operators from [[.
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/test.c b/src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/test.c
index 24a35f91a..8449c839f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/test.c
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/bltins/test.c
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ int b_test(int argc, char *argv[],Shbltin_t *context)
 		if(!(argc==4 && (not=sh_lookup(cp=argv[2],shtab_testops))))
 		{
 			cp =  (++argv)[1];
+			++tdata.av;
 			argc -= 2;
 		}
 	}
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ static int e3(struct test *tp)
 		else /* TEST_OR */
 			return(*arg || expr(tp,3));
 	}
-	if(arg && c_eq(arg, '!'))
+	if(arg && c_eq(arg, '!') && tp->ap < tp->ac)
 		return(!e3(tp));
 	if(c_eq(arg, '('))
 	{
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/data/testops.c b/src/cmd/ksh93/data/testops.c
index 678b951cd..9c13d6845 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/data/testops.c
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/data/testops.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const Shtable_t shtab_testops[] =
 };
 
 const char sh_opttest[] =
-"[-1c?\n@(#)$Id: test (ksh 93u+m) 2021-11-13 $\n]"
+"[-1c?\n@(#)$Id: test (ksh 93u+m) 2021-11-14 $\n]"
 "[--catalog?" SH_DICT "]"
 "[+NAME?test, [ - evaluate expression]"
 "[+DESCRIPTION?\btest\b evaluates expressions and returns its result using the "
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
index 640b8d418..0421443d4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/include/version.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 #define SH_RELEASE_FORK	"93u+m"		/* only change if you develop a new ksh93 fork */
 #define SH_RELEASE_SVER	"1.0.0-beta.2"	/* semantic version number: https://semver.org */
-#define SH_RELEASE_DATE	"2021-11-13"	/* must be in this format for $((.sh.version)) */
+#define SH_RELEASE_DATE	"2021-11-14"	/* must be in this format for $((.sh.version)) */
 #define SH_RELEASE_CPYR	"(c) 2020-2021 Contributors to ksh " SH_RELEASE_FORK
 
 /* Scripts sometimes field-split ${.sh.version}, so don't change amount of whitespace. */
diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/bracket.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/bracket.sh
index 00e7baa0c..3d757e9f8 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/bracket.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/bracket.sh
@@ -447,7 +447,19 @@ fi
 [ abc =~ 'a(b)c' ] 2>/dev/null || err_exit "[ abc =~ 'a(b)c' ] fails"
 [ abc =~ '\babc\b' ] 2>/dev/null || err_exit "[ abc =~ '\\babc\\b' ] fails"
 [ AATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}' ] 2>/dev/null || err_exit "[ AATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}' ] does not match"
-[ AATAATCCCAATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}CCC(AAT){2}' ] || err_exit "[ AATAATCCCAATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}CCC(AAT){2}' ] does not match"
+[ AATAATCCCAATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}CCC(AAT){2}' ] 2>/dev/null || err_exit "[ AATAATCCCAATAAT =~ '(AAT){2}CCC(AAT){2}' ] does not match"
+
+# string nonemptiness tests combined with -a/-o and parentheses
+for c in "0:x -a x" "1:x -a ''" "1:'' -a x" "1:'' -a ''" \
+	 "0:x -o x" "0:x -o ''" "0:'' -o x" "1:'' -o ''" \
+	 "0:x -a !" "0:x -o !" "1:'' -a !" "0:'' -o !"
+do	e=${c%%:*}
+	c=${c#*:}
+	eval "[ \( $c \) ]" 2>/dev/null
+	(($?==e)) || err_exit "[ \( $c \) ] not working"
+	eval "test \( $c \)" 2>/dev/null
+	(($?==e)) || err_exit "test \( $c \) not working"
+done
 
 # ======
 exit $((Errors<125?Errors:125))