What is the difference between:(sentence meaning)
How many rooms does this house have?
vs.
How many rooms are in this house?
*let's say you were looking for a house to buy, and made a query to a house seller.
If I were to ask that, I would use sentence2, simple because that is what I usually hear, especially from movies. However, sentence1 is something I understand but flimsy.
Best Answer
The two are functionally equivalent. One asks it in terms of the house possessing the rooms, and the other asks it in terms of the house containing the rooms, but both mean the same thing in every practical sense, and both are idiomatic.