Questions & Answers about Él ya tendría el doctorado hoy.
Why is the verb tendría instead of tenería?
Normally, you form the conditional tense by adding endings directly to the full infinitive verb. However, tener has an irregular stem in both the conditional and future tenses. Instead of using the full infinitive, you change it to tendr- and then add the ending -ía to get tendría (he would have).
Why does the sentence use el doctorado (the doctorate) instead of su doctorado (his doctorate)?
While you could technically say su doctorado, Spanish often prefers the definite article (el, la, etc.) for things like degrees, clothing, or body parts when the possessor is already obvious. Since the sentence starts with Él, it is completely clear whose degree we are talking about.
Can the word ya (already) go somewhere else in the sentence?
Why use the conditional tense tendría (he would have) together with the word hoy (today)?
The conditional tense is perfect here because it describes a hypothetical situation happening right now. It implies an unspoken 'if' condition from the past. For example: If he had not dropped out, he would already have the doctorate today.