Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: George Clinton, the governor of New York for many years,

Official Explanation Magoosh:

Split #1: "to become" or "becoming". The use of the infinitive "to become" suggests an infinitive of purpose, which in turn, suggests that Clinton purposely set out with the goal of becoming a Vice President of two different Presidents. That's not what the sentence is trying to say. Clinton served his offices, and then it just happened, he fulfilled this odd distinction. The participle "becoming" allows for the "it just
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