Did I say " would have tied up" correctly according to the context?

Hi,
Do you mean that "if I hadn't tied up with other things,I would have texted you " ?

messier42Did I say " would have tied up" correctly according to the context?

No. I'm not sure why you are including the word "would". It seems that you may simply mean "I was tied up with other things at the time".

Grammatically it is correct however when you use "would have" it describes uncertainty of any action and your carelessness to individual.

You should have used" I got tied up" or "I was occupied" sounds better.

Any discussion may lead to argument if verbiage/expression does not reflect your emotion.

messier42Did I say " would have tied up" correctly according to the context?

No. I would write this:

Just because I didn't text you doesn't mean I don't want to have a conversation. I might have been preoccupied with other things at that time.

It's like an assumption that I was busy at that time. Thank you all for the comments!

messier42 It's like an assumption that I was busy at that time. Thank you all for the comments!

You can say "I would have been tied up with other things at the time."

Looking back at this thread, I'm not sure why this didn't occur to me first time round.

I would have been tied up, I might have been tied up , do they have the same meanings?

messier42 I would have been tied up, I might have been tied up , do they have the same meanings?

No, "might" has more doubt.