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Tue 22 Nov, 2016 10:33 am
In "They have businesses in Hong Kong and other Australian cities", the usage is wrong, unless Hong Kong is an Australian city, which it isn't.
"is" should be "were", right? If not, please explain why.
Thank you.
@tanguatlay,
Right "Were" implies "isn't." Our experts doubtless will explain tech detail and terms
Either discuss Hong Kong's actual status:
the usage is wrong, unless Hong Kong is an Australian city, which it isn't.
Or use conditional/subjunctive:
the usage would be wrong, unless Hong Kong were an Australian city, which it isn't.
@tanguatlay,
Tang I'm not sure we've been of a hellavalota help. I'd'a said the sentence was perfectly okay except for an unnecessary comma after "wrong"
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