<p>The opponets of the bill were few but influential enough to prevent its being passed in the House.</p>
<p>is there an error with "being passed?"</p>
<p>The only error I can spot in the spelling of “opponets”.</p>
<p>HAHHA spelling failure. No it sounds weird, but it is grammatically fine. “Its being passed” can be treated as a noun.</p>
<p>It’s wrong because it’s passive.</p>
<p>OK, but wouldn’t “passing” be shorter, and therefore grammatically better than “being passed”?</p>
<p>@gle, that’s what I thought.
can anyone support his answer here?</p>
<p>“being” is always wrong on the SAT.</p>
<p>yes, Bigb14 is right. In an SAT writing section, you never use being…if you dont believe me, go through all the SAT practice tests FROM the bluebook and tell me in which question, there was the word “being” as part of the correct answer. Let alone that, “being passing” is also incorrect.</p>
<p>It can’t be always wrong.
I think I’ve encountered a few cases in which “being” was correctly used.</p>
<p>No, you’re wrong. The only correct usage of “being” on the SAT is when it is used as a noun.</p>
<p>The sentence isn’t wrong in that way. I don’t case what ETS says.</p>
<p>silverturtle, that’s good for you… i guess?
doesn’t change the fact that the ETS is correct</p>
<p>What are the answer choices?</p>
<p>“doesn’t change the fact that the ETS is correct”</p>
<p>They are only correct in that it conforms to the standards set for determining the grammatical correctness of sentences written by them. By any broader grammatical standard, the form posted by the OP is correct.</p>
<p>I asked for the answers, so I will post the answer from the ETS soon</p>
<p>the answer is no error, I have the psat booklet answers</p>
<p>Can someone verify the tense of “being passed”.
I think its just in passive form.
Or could it be in past progressive/ present progressive
[be</a> being - grammar - central - British Council - LearnEnglish](<a href=“http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-be-being.htm]be”>http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-be-being.htm)</p>
<p>If it is in passive form, it is correct, because collegeboard prefers active voice, but passive form can also be used</p>
<p>“the answer is no error”</p>
<p>I take back any insinuation of criticism toward my personified concept of ETS.</p>
<p>I interpreted it as simply the past tense. The “ing” suffix isn’t indicative of progression here but instead is used to make “progress” a gerund. This is why the pronoun before “being” is in the possessive form; gerunds are nouns, and the corresponding possession should be and is notated with the pronoun’s genitive case.</p>
<p>Can a true grammar expert comment?</p>
<p>The answer is “NO ERROR.”
Many people commented with a great confidence, yet they got this one wrong…
Please answer with a concrete support to avoid misinforming…</p>
<p>there is nothing wrong with “being passed,” because it’s just used in a passive tense.
this is one of the few cases in which there’s nothing wrong with using “being,” different from Big14’s opinion that “being” can never be correct on SATs.</p>