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Use of "being"

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by dhonu121 » Sun May 27, 2012 9:06 pm
The company claimed to have created a backpack so capacious that it could simultaneously hold four textbooks, a laptop computer, and necessary school supplies and so light and well-designed that even a seventh-grader could wear it comfortably.
1.supplies and so light
2.supplies so light
3.supplies, and it was so light
4.supplies, yet being so light
5.supplies, yet so light

OA:5

My issues:
I am convinced that the correct choice is either 4 or 5.
I like 4 more because, the part after yet needs a working verb, which is being in 4.
5 on the other hand lacks that working verb.
The explanation to this question, choses 5 and says that being is unnecessary. I don't understand that how ?

Can somebody figure this out ?
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Source: — Sentence Correction |

by eagleeye » Sun May 27, 2012 9:35 pm
Hi dhonu121:

For the sentence fragments to be parallel, it is required that the verb be absent in this case when comparing and contrasting qualities of the same noun.

We have
a backpack "so capacious that" which should be parallel to "yet so light that"

Here's a simpler example.

1. I was so overworked, yet so refreshed. Correct.
2. I was so overworked, yet being so refreshed. Awkward.
3. She is so thin, yet so tall. Correct.
4. She is so thin, yet being so tall. Awkward.
5. She is very fat, yet very fast. Correct.
6. She is very fat, while being very fast. Correct.

Let me know if this helps :)
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