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There is little possibility of an agreement being reached.

Without 'being' in it as:

There is little possibility of an agreement reached.

would it still sound OK and make the same sense?
 

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Hi,

I don't thik so. You could say, however, "There is little possibility of reaching an agreement" withoout altering the meaning much (if at all)

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OK. But at least, the first one works fine, right?
 

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:shock:

You mean this one doesn't work?

There is little possibility of an agreement being reached.

What is the problem with this sentence?
 

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The first sentence is fine. I think Tdol's post was meant to be a response to the earlier posts, not the one that happened to post seconds before his.
 

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The first sentence is fine. I think Tdol's post was meant to be a response to the earlier posts, not the one that happened to post seconds before his.

Good.

So in the same way, this one works:

Would you mind the door being closed for a moment?

whereas this one doesn't, or does it?

Would you mind the door closed for a moment?
 

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Good.

So in the same way, this one works:

Would you mind the door being closed for a moment?

whereas this one doesn't, or does it?

Would you mind the door closed for a moment?

The first is OK, the second not.
 

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:shock:

You mean this one doesn't work?

There is little possibility of an agreement being reached.

What is the problem with this sentence?

No- we posted at the same time. I was adding another no to the list about the second sentence.
 
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