Grammar of elimination reactions I would like to double check the English grammar of a sentence of an elimination reaction, but I cannot find an answer.

I'd normally say "the elimination of A with X as the leaving group", where A is the initial compound.

So my question is saying "the elimination of X from A", correct? I've never been told not to, but I feel it is wrong chemically, so I would change it to "the leaving/loss of X from A", which unfortunately sounds casual.

EDIT.
So based on the answer below I was totally wrong —I am glad I asked!— and to recap with A as reactant and X as leaving group and optional parts in parenthesis:


✓ → ✗ — the elimination of A (with loss of X)
✗ — the elimination of X (from A)
✓ — the loss of X (from A)
✓ → iffy — the leaving of X (from A)
✓ → ✗  — A gets/is eliminated
✗ — X gets/is eliminated from A
✓ — A undergoes elimination (with loss of X)
"A gets eliminated" or "the elimination of A" is just plain wrong, typical sloppy lab slang by many (too often native?) speakers. Very common, but still terrible. 

As you say, the small molecule X gets eliminated from substrate A. Chemical English is still just English, and that is the correct way to put the case in question into words in this language. 

"A undergoes elimination" (short for "A undergoes an elimination reaction) is a widely used, and imo also correct, variant.