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Old Saturday, March 21, 2020
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Originally Posted by HussamCheema View Post
Can anyone tell me the difference b/w these two sentences?

1) I would call Lisa (would has been used for a current desire ) if I had her number(second part of the given sentence is purely past perfect tense).



2) I would have called Lisa( desire is in the past perfect tense because of the addition of word have) if I'd had her number.
no need to use "d with I in I'd in the second part of the sentence. This would is extra and spoils the grammatical attraction of the sentence.
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