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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical construction

Is this type of grammatical construction standard in English:


"Hong Kong was a British overseas territory until 1997, DATE when it was handed over to China."

  

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Christine Christie Hong Kong was a British overseas territory until 1997, DATE when it was handed over to China. It sounds possible, but it may be from a regional variety of English. In the United States you wouldn't see this much, if at all.

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie Hong Kong was a British overseas territory until 1997, DATE when it was handed over to China.
  • It sounds possible, but it may be from a regional variety of English.
  • In the United States you wouldn't see this much, if at all.
  • The word "date" would be omitted.
  • CJ
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Christine ChristieHong Kong was a British overseas territory until 1997, DATE when it was handed over to China.

It sounds possible, but it may be from a regional variety of English. In the United States you wouldn't see this much, if at all. The word "date" would be omitted.

CJ

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