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1: If I had a multimillion dollars, I would buy three houses.

Sentence 1 means I don’t have a multimillion dollars.

2: If I found a multimillion dollars, I would buy three houses.

Does sentence 2 mean I don’t find a multimillion dollars? Does sentence 2 mean I will not find a multimillion dollars?

  

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anonymous Sentence 1 means I don’t have a multimillion dollars. Right, except that "a multimillion dollars" is unidiomatic. You want "if I was/were a multimillionaire" or "if I had millions of dollars".

  • anonymous Sentence 1 means I don’t have a multimillion dollars.
  • Right, except that "a multimillion dollars" is unidiomatic.
  • You want "if I was/were a multimillionaire" or "if I had millions of dollars".
  • anonymous Does sentence 2 mean I don’t find a multimillion dollars?
  • It implies that you haven't found your millions yet.
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anonymousSentence 1 means I don’t have a multimillion dollars.

Right, except that "a multimillion dollars" is unidiomatic. You want "if I was/were a multimillionaire" or "if I had millions of dollars".

anonymousDoes sentence 2 mean I don’t find a multimillion dollars?

It implies that you haven't found your millions

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