Fish ball is a street snack in Hong Kong? Fish balls are a street snack in Hong Kong?

[thincat]

Hi everyone,

Is is true that for countable nouns we should either add an article "a/an/the" or change it to plural form?
Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

1. Fish ball is a street snack in Hong Kong.
2. Fish balls are a street snack in Hong Kong.
3. A fish ball is a street snack in Hong Kong.
4. The fish ball a street snack in Hong Kong.

Thank you!

 

[5jj]

I assume that you buy and eat several of these delicacies at a time. If so, only #2 is natural.

 

[Matthew Wai]

...eat several of these delicacies at at time.

Do you mean "at a time"?

 

[5jj]

Yes. It was a typo, now corrected. Sorry.