If it wasn't going to rain, I would come

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If it wasn't going to rain, I would come

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At 1 PM:

Friend: John, will you come to the party with us? (the party is at night)

John: If it wasn't going to rain, I would come. (looking at the weather forecast for the day, which predicts rain at night, and John has utmost faith in the weather forecast)

At 3 PM:

Friend B: Did anyone ask John about it?

1) Friend: Yes, John said if it wasn't going to rain tonight, he would come with us.

2) Friend: Yes, John said if it hadn't been going to rain tonight, he would have come with us.

Q1) Which one is correct? Or is there any other way to report it?


Now suppose it rained that night, and so John didn't go the party. After the party ends, someone asks to one of his friends "where is John?"

3) Friend: He didn't come. He said if it wasn't going to rain tonight, he would come.

4) Friend: He didn't come. He said if it hadn't been going to rain tonight, he would have come.

Q2) Which one is correct? Or is there any other way to report it?
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