1. This is the same watch that she gave me.
2. This is the same watch as she gave me.
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What is the difference between them?
Does #1 mean: "This is the very watch that she gave me."?
Does #2 mean: "This is the same kind of watch, which she gave me. It's not the very watch that she gave me."?
1 answer
Those two sentences seem to be intended to mean the same thing, but the second one is the smoother sentence.