"My uncle is a good doctor."

Translation: 我叔叔是一个很好的医生。

[HoGHe5wo]

Can't I omit 一个 and 很? It should be clear that my uncle is only one doctor.

[yession]

I think it's ok to omit 一个 but not 很 in this case.

[Cecilia570935]

I answered without 一个 and it was marked wrong.

[roman2095]

好的医生 without the 很 is now accepted

[MaynardHogg]

I agree, but the Dragon Lord insists that I translate "a" as "one."

[Alan946894]

2020.9.28
I believe it's okay to remove the 很 and just use 好 since in this sentence 好 functions similar to 很 grammatically

You will hear 好 used like this every now and then. It's very colloquial though

她好漂亮 vs
她很漂亮

[Alan946894]

Oops, just re-read Duo's sentence. My case doesn't apply here since 好 is a adjective modifying a noun. With that said, you can say

个好医生
好医生

[NathanRasm]

Confirmed: 我叔叔是个好医生 was accepted. No 一, no 很.

[yession]

What is wrong with "我的叔叔是一个好医生"? it should be correct as well from a native speaker's point of view

[Marcella348446]

It just says he is a good doctor instead of very good doctor, why is it wrong to just use 好 instead of 很好?

[yession]

In Chinese it is more natural to use 好 directly before a noun, but when you add 的 before the noun, you need 很before the adjective to make it sound better. Thus, I would say either 好医生 or 很好的医生, but not 好的医生

[Peter519121]

What about 很好医生？

[roman2095]

好的医生 without the 很 is now accepted

[bebop634569]

I don't get it. Why can't I just say "我叔叔是好医生."?

[stephen_zissou]

I think you can say this, but it's still not accepted.

[Cherry406522]

You need a quantifier ...是'个'好医生

[mdln_]

You usually don't need a quantifier it is isn't necessary to give an explicitly count. It's not like my uncle can be two good doctors :P

[Woody]

What's the difference between saying 医生很好 vs 很好的医生?

[NathanRasm]

医生很好 is a complete sentence, 'the doctor is good'. 很好的医生 is only a noun phrase, same as 医生 itself is.

[Taylor81531]

bad question. pls fix.

[dafadllyn]

我叔叔是很好的医生 is still not accepted (2020-12-18). ☹️