hanyelblasy
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if he was such a good doctor, he should (have to)( its a must to)have diagnosed the illnes, but if he was not such a good doctor he would not have diagnosed the illness.
For number two I would say, "If he was such a good doctor he would have diagnosed the illness." (presumably, he didn't diagnose the illness.)
The second example makes no sense to me.
I'd think it should be:
"If he were such a good doctor, he would have diagnosed the illness"
Iain
This doesn't make sense because it makes it sound like he is not a doctor anymore, which is not stated.For number two I would say, "If he was such a good doctor he would have diagnosed the illness." (presumably, he didn't diagnose the illness.)
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The second example makes no sense to me.
I'd think it should be:
"If he were such a good doctor, he would have diagnosed the illness"
Iain
Difficult. I chose that one because the other one refers to past time and would require 'If he were' as a condition-clause; but I would find it hard to give a reason for 'should' in the main clause, perhaps 'expectation', but I'm not really sure.
There's something I must be doing wrong because I can't get access to the other posts in the thread before sending in mine. What's the real procedure, you read them and then you vote or just the other way round?. I say so, because maybe I'm saying things that have already been said and discussed, in that case, sorry and forgive me for being so clumsy. Thanks.
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