Quick Grammar Question

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<p>Hi guys, I was practicing SAT grammar, and I was wondering which of the following sentences was correct…</p>

<p>“Emperor Frederick the Great of Prussia believed that fighting a successful war was creating a minimal intrusion into the lives of civilians.” </p>

<p>OR</p>

<p>“Emperor Frederick the Great of Prussia believed that to fight a successful war was to create a minimal intrusion into the lives of civilians.”</p>

<p>Please provide an explanation. Thanks in advance.</p>

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<p>I will say the second one.

this means that fighting the war will create minimal intrusion</p>

<p>

this means that a successful war causes minimal intrusion</p>

<p>Also (believed) is simple past tense while (was creating) is present continuous thus 1st one is automatically wrong due to unconsistancy of verb tenses in the sentence.</p>

<p>Did my explanation help you ?</p>

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<p>Agreed^ Definitely the second.</p>