<p>sentence imp
11. After carefully studying both of the articles, Dr. Rodriguez and Nurse Alba found that the only difference between [them were their titles].</p>
<p>D. the articles was that of the titles
E. the articles was their titles</p>
<p>Why is E correct? Arent they both the same? </p>
<p>ID error
By 2003, (more than) 684000 students in the United States had enrolled in charter schools, publicly funded schools (that pledged) better academic results and were (unencumbered by) many of the regulations (governing) ordinary public schools. </p>
<p>The correct answer is no error, but isnt there a problem in “governing”? Shouldnt it be “which governed”?</p>
In this context, “that of” means “the difference of.” It’s wordy to say “the only difference . . . was the difference of their titles.” “Difference” already refers to a trait (a distinguishing trait), so you just say “the difference was their titles.” D also says “the titles” instead of “their titles,” which makes the “titles” ambiguous when it comes to possession: whose titles are they?</p>
<p>E fixes this problem and is generally the way we speak: The difference between Mary and Jane is their hair color, not The difference between Mary and Jane is the difference of the hair color.
“the regulations governing” and “the regulations which governed” essentially mean the same thing in this context, except “governing” has no tense and “governed” is in the past tense. For example, I can say I saw a man sleeping on the corner. This doesn’t imply that he’s sleeping in the present, since I wouldn’t know because I saw him in the past; “sleeping” has no tense since it acts as an adjective, but its context suggests that he slept in the past since I saw him in the past and so you can say “a man who slept.” In such contexts, the participle “sleeping” or “governing” can be substituted with “who slept” or “which governed,” respectively.</p>
<p>a man sleeping on the corner is analogous to the regulations governing ordinary public schools.</p>