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Perfwill Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"would be" vs "would be able to be"?

1. "If she had studied hard, she would be a doctor"
vs
2. "If she had studied hard, she would be able to be a doctor"
Which one is better?
If I use the sentence 2, is it acceptable?
Thank you for your answers.
  

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#1 is correct. The second doesn't make sense even though it's not wrong grammatically.

  • #1 is correct.
  • The second doesn't make sense even though it's not wrong grammatically.
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#1 is correct. The second doesn't make sense even though it's not wrong grammatically.

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