[Grammar] "Far from being pleased about it” or "far from pleased about it"?

[on the way]

Hello, everyone! My question is, of the two sentences “She is far from being pleased about it” and “She is far from pleased about it”, which is grammatically correct. Or is there a possibility that either of them is acceptable? Any reply would be much appreciated.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hello, everyone! My question is, of the two sentences “She is far from being pleased about it” and “She is far from pleased about it”, which is grammatically correct? Or is there a possibility that either of them is acceptable? Any reply would be much appreciated.

Both are grammarical and natural, and they mean the same thing.

 

[Phaedrus]

Normally, adjectives (like "pleased"/"happy") or adjective phrases (like "pleased/happy about it") don't function as objects of prepositions, so this is a special case. The idiom "far from [it]" is used with respect to descriptors as descriptors, so it is as if the adjective phrase functioned as a noun phrase in phrases like "far from pleased about it." Another exceptional case is exemplified by "She went from sad to happy in no time," which doesn't need to be changed to "She went from being sad to being happy in no time."