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| 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 |
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| It is a very strange conditional and it only seems to work with 'should'. |
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| That's me again- I seem to be getting timed out or something tonight. ;-( |
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| Well, I would say that there are contexts where the two options can make sense. However, considered alone, in themselves, they may pose a bit of a dificulty for someone trying to make sense out of them. |
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| It is a strange sentence. The 'should' form always works for me, but the 'would' one depends- sometimes it sounds OK, then at others it doesn't. |
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As it stands, I would accept either modal. With should, it means that if he is a good doctor (and presumably was then) one can legitimately expect a correct diagnosis from him. With would, it means that a good doctor would have made a correct diagnosis; since this one did not, he is probably not a good doctor. |
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| If he is such a good doctor he would have diagnesed the illness, because if he wasn't he may have not known anything about that sort of illness. |
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