Timeline for Do these two sentence mean the same? Does the second sentence sound natural to you?
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 3:42 | comment | added | Man_From_India | @Jasper I agree with you about the difference you mentioned. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:39 | comment | added | Jasper | @Man_From_India To my (American) ear, the first sentence sounds natural. The second sentence is also correct, but using "the one" to refer to another part of the sentence is becoming unusual in American English. There is a slight difference in meaning between the two sentences. The first sentence does not say how many languages the parents speak at home. The second sentence explicitly says the parents speak one language at home. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 16:04 | comment | added | Man_From_India | @NateEldredge I am sorry friend. I have no idea :( | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:57 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I am a native speaker and I don't know :-) | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:39 | comment | added | Man_From_India | @NateEldredge A native speaker might address your query, but here "what" is perfect. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:22 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Are you certain the first one is correct? I am not quite sure, but it seems like it would be more familiar with what replaced by that or that which, and replacing that by what is a feature of several non-standard dialects (e.g. This ain't the beer what I ordered). | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 14:11 | history | answered | Man_From_India | CC BY-SA 3.0 |