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Laborious Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
conditional (mixed )
Hello teachers,
Are these sentence correct construction and meaning wise?
1) If he is a qualified doctor, he should have been able to diagnose the illness. - (taken from UsingEnglish.com)
2) If I were a teacher, I will give all that I have known to my students.
are the constructions like there possible? What is the meaning of
the two sentences above if they are correct grammatically?
I think construction wise #1 should be "If he WERE a qualified doctor, he should have .... " (mixture of second and third conditional )
And #2 should be "If I WERE a teacher, I would give all that I have known to my students".
Thank you teachers.
Are these sentence correct construction and meaning wise?
1) If he is a qualified doctor, he should have been able to diagnose the illness. - (taken from UsingEnglish.com)
2) If I were a teacher, I will give all that I have known to my students.
are the constructions like there possible? What is the meaning of
the two sentences above if they are correct grammatically?
I think construction wise #1 should be "If he WERE a qualified doctor, he should have .... " (mixture of second and third conditional )
And #2 should be "If I WERE a teacher, I would give all that I have known to my students".
Thank you teachers.
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1) If he is were a qualified doctor, he should be able to diagnose the illness. com) 2) If I were a teacher, I will would teach all that I know to my students.
- 1) If he is were a qualified doctor, he should be able to diagnose the illness.
- com) 2) If I were a teacher, I will would teach all that I know to my students.
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1) If he is were a qualified doctor, he should be able to diagnose the illness. - (taken from UsingEnglish.com)
2) If I were a teacher, Iwill would teach all that I know to my students.
2) If I were a teacher, I
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LaboriousI think construction wise #1 should be "If he WERE a qualified doctor, he should have .... " (mixture of second and third conditional )Both is and were work. With the latter, the speaker is more skeptical of the man’s status as a qualified doctor.
LaboriousAnd #2 should be "If I WERE a teacher, I would give all t
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Thanks to both of you for replying
but I still don't understand why the present tense 'IS' with the 'should + perfect tense' is correct in my #1.
are you trying to say that with the 'if he IS a qualified doctor, he should have been....", the speaker accepts/ more
sure that he is a qualified doctor, but for some reason he couldn't or was't able to diagnose the illness at tha
but I still don't understand why the present tense 'IS' with the 'should + perfect tense' is correct in my #1.
are you trying to say that with the 'if he IS a qualified doctor, he should have been....", the speaker accepts/ more
sure that he is a qualified doctor, but for some reason he couldn't or was't able to diagnose the illness at tha
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Laboriousbut I still don't understand why the present tense 'IS' with the 'should + perfect tense' is correct in my #1.It’s should, I think. It’s not often found in conditional sentences, and here it seems to be permitting is while making were sound a bit off, actually. The more I read the sentence with were, the more I want to rep
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