[Grammar] ...which one of us would be in the wrong?

[NAL123]

1) If I ordered a general to fly from one flower to another like a butterfly, or to write a tragic drama, or to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not carry out the order that he had received, which one of us would be in the wrong? (https://andonovicmilica.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/the_little_prince.pdf, PAGE 33)

2) If you want/wanted to meet my father, he is in the office. (this sentence is mine)

Q) In both (1) and (2), the result clause is not completely dependent on the condition clause. So they do not fall into the conventional 0,1,2,3 pattern of conditionals. Can I express them as 1st/2nd conditional, like this:

3) If I ordered a general to fly from one flower to another like a butterfly, or to write a tragic drama, or to change himself into a sea bird, and if the general did not carry out the order that he had received, I would ask which one of us would be in the wrong.

4) If you want/wanted to meet my father, I will/would say he is in the office.

 

[NAL123]

Is sentence (2) correct both with "want" and "wanted"? If so, can I replace the "if" with "in case"?

 

[jutfrank]

As Piscean has suggested, in sentence 1 the result clause is dependent on the condition clause.

Your sentence 2 is different. There's no good reason to try to make an unreal (second) conditional out of it. I'm sure you just want to say this:

If you want to meet my father, he's in the office.

The idea is that the speaker thinks it's likely that the listener wants to meet his father, and so he's offering the listener the opportunity to do so. If the listener has already implied that he would like to take the opportunity, then If is the appropriate word to use. Using in case could make it sound as if they hadn't previously mentioned the opportunity. I don't think you should try to understand the main clause he's in the office as a result in this sentence—it's better understood as a simple fact.