Really Mixed Conditionals

[hanyelblasy]

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.

[çakırpençe]

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

Then, is it "If he was or were a good doctor"?
Which one is more proper?
(((and proper or appropriate :)))) ???

[Tdol]

In formal language 'were' is preferred. In less formal langauge either can be used.

[salas1907]

hi every one! I think it is 'should have 'it cant be' would have done '.... Because we use 'would have done' in type 3 in conditional sentences.should have done in this sentence does not indicate past....

[laureljohnescu]

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.)

This doesn't make sense because it makes it sound like he is not a doctor anymore, which is not stated.

[Rwanbedo]

Hello everyone. can anyone show me the difference between ( ton - and tonne ")

thanks a lot

[RonBee]

Hello everyone. can anyone show me the difference between ( ton - and tonne ")

They are different spellings of the same word. One is AE ("ton") and the other is BE ("tonne").

~R

[diana monzon]

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

Yeah! I agree with what you say=) is he is such a good doctor he would diagnose the illness' it sounds like future and we are saying what he didin't

[aggelos]

If he is such a good doctor...: the use of the present tense here is supposed to mean something to this effect: People say he is a very good doctor. Ok, I'll accept that, but why then did he fail to diagnose the illness? If was/were had been used, this part of the meaning would have been lost.

[Wuisi]

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.