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| Would you please tell me if this conditional sentence is right or not? ( If he is such a good doctor,he should have diagnosed my illness.) One of my teachers said we can never say such a sentence because it doesn`t make sense in english.He said the right one would be: ( If he were such a good doctor,he should have diagnosed my illness.) Is that right? Thanks in advance, |
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| It is a correct sentence, though unusual in mixing the first and third conditionals. This is normally only done with 'should', though I have seen it done with 'would'. If I say, 'if he were', then I don't believe he is a good doctor, while if I say 'if he is', then I am still unsure about it- I tend towards thinking he's not a good doctor, but am prepared to be wrong. |
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