I want to ask if there is a difference between "which one do you like?" and "which do you like?".
I think both sentences are correct, Is that right?
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Sign up to join this communityI want to ask if there is a difference between "which one do you like?" and "which do you like?".
I think both sentences are correct, Is that right?
Which one do you like? should be used if whoever you are asking can choose only one of something.
Which do you like? should be used if the person you are asking can choose one or more of something, or if the choices involved are not "things" (e.g. We can go to the park or go home. Which do you want to do?)
Which do you like? is a good example of an ellipsis in the English language. All the languages I have studied have them and the meaning is always inferred based on context.
Here, the word being omitted is either "one" or "ones". Consequently, sometimes these two sentences are identical and sometimes they are slightly different and it is a function of the context.