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If a lotus grows on the top of a mountain and the sun rises in the west, I will believe your words.
Is the sentence meaningful and natural? Thanks in advance.
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It's grammatical, and I would understand it to mean "I don't believe what you say, and it's very unlikely I ever will", so it can be said to be meaningful. It doesn't sound like something a native speaker would be likely to say, though.
- It's grammatical, and I would understand it to mean "I don't believe what you say, and it's very unlikely I ever will", so it can be said to be meaningful.
- It doesn't sound like something a native speaker would be likely to say, though.
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It's grammatical, and I would understand it to mean "I don't believe what you say, and it's very unlikely I ever will", so it can be said to be meaningful. It doesn't sound like something a native speaker would be likely to say, though.
0"When" is usual in such things, not "if". "When pigs fly" is canonical.
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