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Can anyone tell me the difference b/w these two sentences?

1) I would call Lisa if I had her number.
2) I would have called Lisa if I'd had her number.

[QUOTE=HussamCheema;1108825]Can anyone tell me the difference b/w these two sentences?

1) I [I][B][COLOR="darkred"]would call Lisa [/COLOR][/B][/I]([COLOR="darkred"][B][U][U]would[/U][/U][/B][/COLOR] has been used for a current desire ) [COLOR="darkred"][I][B]if I had her number[/B][/I][/COLOR](second part of the given sentence is purely past perfect tense).



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