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Wowenglish Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What/the thing/something

I wonder if there is any difference in the meaning among three sentences.
1. Swimming is what I love most.
2. Swimming is the thing I ?love most.
3. Swimming is something I love most.
  

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#1 and #2 mean the same thing. #3 seems less satisfactory to me. If you want to suggest that there other things, too, that you love equally (or almost equally), you could say "Swimming is one of the things I love most".

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  • #1 and #2 mean the same thing.
  • #3 seems less satisfactory to me.
  • If you want to suggest that there other things, too, that you love equally (or almost equally), you could say "Swimming is one of the things I love most".
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#1 and #2 mean the same thing.

#3 seems less satisfactory to me. If you want to suggest that there other things, too, that you love equally (or almost equally), you could say "Swimming is one of the things I love most".
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Hi,

I wonder if there is any difference in the meaning among three sentences.
1. Swimming is what I love most.
2. Swimming is the thing I ?love most.
3. Swimming is something I love most.

#1 and #2 are OK, and basicaly mean the same.

#3 does not sound completely right to me. The word 'something' seems to suggest there may also be other things I love most.
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