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What kind of home does Rosa live in?What kind of house does Rosa live in?What kind of house does Rosa live in?Are they same meanings and correct?

Jenny chiu · Accepted Answer

Sorry, I made a typo, sentences are:
What kind of home does Rosa live in?

What kind of housing does Rosa live in?

What kind of house does Rosa live in?

Are they same meanings and correct?

Anonymous · Answer

They're correct. The differences in meaning is due to different meanings for the words house, housing, and home.

House: a physical building in which humans live. e.g. we bought a big house; my grandpa has an old wooden house.
Housing: building of houses and shelters for human habitation. e.g. goverment-sponsored housing projects.
Home: usually confused with house, it means the place or residence where one lives, such as house. e.g. man once lived in cave as his home.

Mister Micawber · Answer

What kind of home does Rosa live in? Answer: A loving one, with her parents and her dog.
What kind of housing does Rosa live in?-- Answer: She lives in a government-subsidized residential complex.
What kind of house does Rosa live in?-- Answer: She lives in a 2-story brick colonial.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Here is my take. I don't know why but your questions sound kind of odd to me. How do we know it is a house, not an apartment ? Even if we are nosy, we don't ask strange questions like these, Perhaps, a more common question : Where does she live?

What kind of home does Rosa live in? -A home is our nest, a place we come back to rest. This question seems to suggest a special kind of home, like "home for the needy". So it is not something we would ask normally. Unless in a special context/ conversation.

What kind of housing does Rosa live in? - This sounds like some kind of public / government housing. strange question!
What kind of house does Rosa live in? It is an ambiguous question ? A two-story house, or detached house, or a 3 bedroom, or 5 bedroom house. So this also is not a logical question.

Nonetheless, grammatically they are correct.

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