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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
(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
31 Oct 2010, 19:27
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Let's take a look at some of the other issues in this question:
"being" --> This word is almost always wrong. There's really no reason to ever use it unless you're referring to an "alien being" or a "human being." The reason is that it simply does not add any value to the sentence. The following two sentences mean the same thing:
"Because I was being so cold, I put on a jacket."
"Because I was cold, I put on a jacket."
This is a simple example, but notice how the question above plays with this exact same concept.
"yet" --> When we use the conjunction "yet" or "but" we're indicating a contrast:
"I love cheese, but I hate cream cheese." --> There's a contrast here, so I'd use "but" or "yet."
"I love pizza, and I love lasagna." --> No contrast here, so we use "and."
Notice how the answer choices here play with your ability to decide whether you need to use "yet" or "and."
Just wanted to take this question a bit further. It's always good to dissect an OG problem in as many ways as you possibly can.
"being" --> This word is almost always wrong. There's really no reason to ever use it unless you're referring to an "alien being" or a "human being." The reason is that it simply does not add any value to the sentence. The following two sentences mean the same thing:
"Because I was being so cold, I put on a jacket."
"Because I was cold, I put on a jacket."
This is a simple example, but notice how the question above plays with this exact same concept.
"yet" --> When we use the conjunction "yet" or "but" we're indicating a contrast:
"I love cheese, but I hate cream cheese." --> There's a contrast here, so I'd use "but" or "yet."
"I love pizza, and I love lasagna." --> No contrast here, so we use "and."
Notice how the answer choices here play with your ability to decide whether you need to use "yet" or "and."
Just wanted to take this question a bit further. It's always good to dissect an OG problem in as many ways as you possibly can.
30 Nov 2010, 21:02
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Hey ajit,
I'd be very, very cautious about advice like "never pick _____" for a particular word. The GMAT doesn't test "words your mother would never let you use" (like curse words or "ain't"), so every word on the GMAT should have at least one proper use. "Being" is one such word that has developed that red-flag stigma, but it has proper uses (as a noun - "human being"; as a present tense verb - "I scolded the class for being too loud"; etc.).
"Yet" is required here for proper sentence structure. We need to include a transition for:
"four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that..."
That's a run-on description - and logically "eight hundred pounds of baggage" doesn't really make sense with "so light". (Not only is it heavy; we're given an exact weight so you wouldn't then re-describe it as "so light..." - we know exactly how light/heavy it is).
So we need a transition, and because it's somewhat surprising that "800 pounds of baggage" and "so light" are together we can go to the meaning of the sentence:
The canoe was quite sturdy (it could carry...) but it was also light enough that it was easy to transport.
See that "but" transition in there? We do need a "surprising" change of events signifier here, so "yet" is required.
Therefore E is correct - in this case, that other red-flag word "being" is in an improper tense as we're already using the past-tense "crafted" and "could carry / could portage", so we nee the past-tense "was" and not the present-tense "being".
I hope that helps...
I'd be very, very cautious about advice like "never pick _____" for a particular word. The GMAT doesn't test "words your mother would never let you use" (like curse words or "ain't"), so every word on the GMAT should have at least one proper use. "Being" is one such word that has developed that red-flag stigma, but it has proper uses (as a noun - "human being"; as a present tense verb - "I scolded the class for being too loud"; etc.).
"Yet" is required here for proper sentence structure. We need to include a transition for:
"four persons or eight hundred pounds of baggage so light that..."
That's a run-on description - and logically "eight hundred pounds of baggage" doesn't really make sense with "so light". (Not only is it heavy; we're given an exact weight so you wouldn't then re-describe it as "so light..." - we know exactly how light/heavy it is).
So we need a transition, and because it's somewhat surprising that "800 pounds of baggage" and "so light" are together we can go to the meaning of the sentence:
The canoe was quite sturdy (it could carry...) but it was also light enough that it was easy to transport.
See that "but" transition in there? We do need a "surprising" change of events signifier here, so "yet" is required.
Therefore E is correct - in this case, that other red-flag word "being" is in an improper tense as we're already using the past-tense "crafted" and "could carry / could portage", so we nee the past-tense "was" and not the present-tense "being".
I hope that helps...
