being worn or worn by the person! grammar check

@Manasha (2727)
Pondicherry, India
July 25, 2020 8:04am CST
The following two sentences are submitted for correction. I have clicked the first one saying it is correct. The person is not detectable after the wig was worn by the bald man The person is not detectable after the wig was being worn by the bald man Hope I am correct, being worn I do not think correct words.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
25 Jul 20
Neither are incorrect, exactly, but the meaning isn't really clear and the tenses are mixed - present tense in the first phrase and past tense in the second. There is no obvious connection between 'the person' and 'the bald man' - they could be two separate people, for all we are told - so the passage has little meaning. You should always use the active mood where at all possible. Avoid the passive mood if the meaning can be as easily expressed in the active. "... after the bald man wore the wig" is better. I presume that what you mean to say is that "the bald man was unrecognisable when he wore the wig." Both 'was worn' and 'was being worn' are correct in themselves. One describes an action completed in the past while the second describes an action which was happening at the time (in the past) to which you are referring. Compare: "The church was built in 1859" with "The church was being built in 1859, It was finished the following year."
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@Janet357 (75656)
25 Jul 20
As always you are the silent professor of Mylot.
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@Manasha (2727)
• Pondicherry, India
25 Jul 20
Thanks sir for an excellent explanation
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@sophie09 (34246)
• Indonesia
25 Jul 20
I think both are correct
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@SHOHANA (16094)
• Bangladesh
2 Aug 20
I'm weak in grammar so I'm following this discussion
@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
25 Jul 20
I don't have that's much knowledge in English grammar lol. Hope you get answer hear.
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