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Counterfactual

Counterfactual

A counterfactual is an expression of what has not actually happened but could happen. It is something contrary to fact. A counterfactual is an expression of a condition that would be true if a previous condition had been different. For example, “If I would have turned right, I would not have gotten lost.”

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