I want to implement a hash table in the following manner:

struct list
{ 
 char *string;
 struct list *next; 
};

struct hash_table
{
 int size;     /* the size of the table */
 struct list **table; /* the table elements */
}; 

Instead of struct hash_table like above, can I use:

struct hash_table
{
 int size;              /* the size of the table */
 struct list   *table; /* the table elements */
}; 

That is, can I just use a single pointer instead of a double pointer for the hash table elements? If yes, please explain the difference in the way the elements will be stored in the table?