320. From the bark of the paper birch tree the Menomini crafted a canoe about twenty feet long and two feet wide, with small ribs and rails of cedar, which could carry four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that a person could easily portage it around impeding rapids.
(A) baggage so light
(B) baggage being so light
(C) baggage, yet being so light
(D) baggage, and so light
(E) baggage yet was so light
Solution:
Logic + Redundancy
Meaning is important; ‘yet’ is the key term here for intended meaning of the sentence. Hence, A, B, and D can be eliminated.
C can be eliminated for the redundant use of ‘being’.
E is the best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution:
(A) baggage so light
(B) baggage being so light
(C) baggage, yet being so light
(D) baggage, and so light
(E) baggage yet was so light
Solution:
Logic + Redundancy
Meaning is important; ‘yet’ is the key term here for intended meaning of the sentence. Hence, A, B, and D can be eliminated.
C can be eliminated for the redundant use of ‘being’.
E is the best choice.
Sentence Correction - 1000 Questions with Solution: