even if those don't include China in some way shape or form ?

No, it's right as it stands. It wouldn't be if you changed it.

He's saying Google shares look good, no matter whether Google is in China or not.

He was thinking on his feet, it's not the best-phrased sentence he could have said, but that's what he meant.

He could have said something like, "We still think there are a lot of reasons that investors should like Google shares at this current level, based on the company's prospects, whether it's in China or not." But he was winging it, thinking of his answer as he went along, rather than performing a pre-written script, and when you do that, things don't always come out formally perfect.

Well, thanks.
I don't know what "in some way shape or form" means.

It looks like you've recently been running up against quite a few of English-language expressions/idioms that are unfamiliar to you.

There is an expression "in no way, shape or form"

google

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_no_way,_shape,_or_form





The speaker has modified the expression.

Has "that" been left out here?

Thank you.

So "Its current prospects, and even if those don't include China in some way shape or form" = "Its current prospects, and even if those don't include China at all"? = "Its current prospects, and even without China at all"?

"Its current prospects, even completely excluding China" would be fine.

Now, Oristar, you have been helped by a number of people on this site over the years, so I hope you'll return the courtesy by taking a look at the original post on this thread http://able2know.org/topic/143152-1#post-3943911 and telling the rest of us what you think of the original poster. Thank you.

re High Seas:

well, this should certainly be interesting.

I'm honoured to make the return of the courtesy.

Did you refer to the thread titled "WOuld it be good for the USA and CHINA to have a nuclear war " posted by DMKTENN ?

What I've thought about the thread starter when my eye touched upon the headline is an intuitional reflection: Is the thread starter a war maniac (is there a customary usage like this in English? )?

I checked out the poster's profile, but no more information about the guy to be found. So one of the best ways to judge him(or probably her) objectively is read through all his/her postings. And that would take time to complete.

Unfortunately, I've had a sore throat since last night, and right now have had a headache too. So I will trim our discussion down to one of his posts, about which you've offered the link.

Personally, I think that only warmongers would advocate "it is good to wage a neclear war between US and China." American political system, though not flawless, is so far one of the best systems that human minds can construct. The most urgent duty of China is eliminate bonegnashed poverty around this nation and improve peaceful Sino-American relationship, not launch nuke against the beautiful country opposite.

So you see that thread starter has made a mistake by posting something like that. I will not try to judge his/her character. Because scientific common sense tells me "Don't jump to conclusion by analyzing only one case" till having got enough statistical data.

Thank you very much. You're right one shouldn't jump to conclusions based on insufficient data - especially if no immediate action is called for. In this case, the reference seems to be to a video game called "Fallout 3". Last but not least, I know I speak for many here in wishing you to get well soon

"Those" refers to "prospects", so the sentence is correct as written.

"Some way, shape, or form" is a saying in the U.S. which means "in some way, in some shape, or in some form".

The sentence could be re-written as "even if Google's current prospects don't include China in some way, we still think there are a lot of reasons that investors should like the current stock share price."