lagoo
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(1) If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.
It is impossible to win the lottery, because you haven't bought a ticket. You are imagining what you would do if you had bought a ticket and you won.
(2) If it rained at my party, I would cry.
You are imagining you are having a party. You would cry if it rained.
The above examples and explanations are from https://www.theenglishspace.com/grammar/conditionals.html
Here are my questions:
Assuming that I did buy a ticket in (1), but I repent having buying it because I think it's a waste of money and my odds of winning the lottery will be extremely slim.
Can I still use the same sentence as (1)?
It comes the similar question in (2): I am not imagining having a party, but I am indeed having a party this afternoon. After I checked the weather forecast, I am quite sure there will be no rain this afternoon.
In this situation, can I use (2) to express the impossibility of raining. In other words, I'm just imagining it is raining.
It is impossible to win the lottery, because you haven't bought a ticket. You are imagining what you would do if you had bought a ticket and you won.
(2) If it rained at my party, I would cry.
You are imagining you are having a party. You would cry if it rained.
The above examples and explanations are from https://www.theenglishspace.com/grammar/conditionals.html
Here are my questions:
Assuming that I did buy a ticket in (1), but I repent having buying it because I think it's a waste of money and my odds of winning the lottery will be extremely slim.
Can I still use the same sentence as (1)?
It comes the similar question in (2): I am not imagining having a party, but I am indeed having a party this afternoon. After I checked the weather forecast, I am quite sure there will be no rain this afternoon.
In this situation, can I use (2) to express the impossibility of raining. In other words, I'm just imagining it is raining.