No one had told him about there being/be a lecture the next day.

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No one had told him about there being/be a lecture the next day.
答案是being,可以理解是tell him about 的动名词宾语.但我认为也可以认为是省略should的虚拟语气,即No one had told him about (that) there (should) be a lecture the next day.请问这是否可以这么理解?

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我认为你这样理解不恰当.关键就在于about关于某事上,about后面的宾语只能是名词,代词,动名词之类的“词”而非从句,像你说的这种情况,如果是从句的形式,直接told him that...就可以了,没有必要再加"about"了.再就是如果是以虚拟语气理解的话,这句话在意思上理解也感觉怪怪的.我个人的愚见,欢迎指正,