关于so...that的用法，和which指代问题

kenny1123

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)
(E) baggage yet was so light


想问下这题A为什么不可以，so..that不都是这么用吗？
另外这个which指代canoe好像也太远了点吧，逻辑上确实只能指代canoe，但是为什么语法上不会引起指代cedar的歧义！

DUKB24

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)
(E) baggage yet was so light


想问下这题A为什么不可以，so..that不都是这么用吗？
另外这个which指代canoe好像也太远了点吧，逻辑上确实只能指代canoe，但是为什么语法上不会引起指代cedar的歧义！

-- by 会员 kenny1123 (2012/10/20 22:33:19)

you are not understand what the contrast the sentence is trying to convey


just figure out what are being contrasted


which can only modify canoe, because what precedes which is an non-essential modifier, you can eliminate this construction comfortably without creating any additional difficulties to understand the sentence


which is appearing in the non-underlined portion


it will only make sense to modify canoe, because only this item can carry people


that is the only correct interpretation you will get from non-underlined portion


do not try to find any mistakes in the non-underlined portion, just figure out what it should be correct