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Originally Posted by siamtos
I was wondering if I was off in feeling as follows.
1.I feel the following two expressions are quite discouraging and you should say otherwise.
a.If the sun should rise in the west, I would believe in our victory.
I feel this suggests "I" do not believe in the victory when the sun rises in the east as usual. And "I" should say "I believe..."
b.I wish you would get well soon.
Similarly, you should do without "would".
2.May I ask if you can omit the that parenthesized as below as a native did?
What is quite interesting is (that) wild geese that are making a row look so small.
Thank you.
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The first sentence is fine. "I would" is more correct in this situation since the modal "should" is used in the first phrase. It's not particularly good English; "were" would be a better choice than "should". In either case, using "would" in the second phrase would still be correct.
The second sentence "I wish you would get well soon" sounds accusatory. "I wish you get well soon", or "I wish that you get well soon" are better choices.
The pronouns "that" or "which" are often deleted in speech when they are optional.