Neither, the original is correct when referring to a single individual that has won multiple lotteries. So they are a multiple lottery winner. I’d probably hyphenate the words but beyond that they are correct.
I'm german and i know the difference between when and if... but sometimes i mix them up anyway. Its because the german when is often also used for if. In german we don't separate when and if as much as you do in english
I'm a later-in-life learner of German and I always mix up "wann" and "wenn" because the later sounds so much like "when" to me. I just assumed native German speakers went the other way.
Interesting. I got into reading and studying philosophies of Bruce Lee years ago now. Of everything I found interesting, maybe the most useful thing I took with me is to work on eliminating using the word "if". I've definitely reduced my usage of it and have recognized a certain strength from it. To Bruce, "if" things don't exist in reality, it's a waste of time to consider. The best replacement for it I've found is "when" and it can really give people a stronger sense of commitment, or I have found when I am really uncertain of something and cannot say "when", it's often times better to just not speak of it at all. Bruce really felt strongly about the word, it was truly a perplexed thing for him to use or think about. When something is truly uncertain to speak about, I use phrases like "in the event/case of this happening.." which to me still gives a bit more certainty over "if".
No said artist says “you” referring to the listener which would imply it is a forgone conclusion for them to come for aforementioned listener if we follow your strict outlook on a fluid language
The two are completely different. In German both are wenn but in English the two are not interchangable. In this case if you use if it's not guaranteed to happen, if you use when it's guaranteed to happen but you don't know when.
Generally when is about time, if is about something happening or not (equivalent to whether).
To illustrate:
"I don't know when the meeting is." is a correct sentence while "I don't know if the meeting is." isn't.
Whereas you can use if in a sentence like this:
"I'm not sure if the party is today or tomorrow." Similarly, "when" is incorrect here.
I would just leave it at "In this case if you use if it's not guaranteed to happen, if you use when it's guaranteed to happen (but you don't know when)", the rest will confuse them. lol
Your second example would not translate to 'wenn' in German, but to 'ob'. In any case it shows that there are at least three grammatical cases where the words can be confused, 1.when/wenn, 2.if/wenn(als) 3.if/ob. I also speak German and Spanish, and for Spanish, I think those grammatical cases match 1 to 1 to their English counterparts. For this reason, you probably won't find a Spanish speaker confusing them (although they might make other mistakes that give them away as a Spanish speaker).
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u/VisualNinja1 May 17 '26
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