They're both correct, but they are not interchangeable. The first sentence refers to the past only, whereas the second is refers to the past and the present.
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AnonymousI'm a little confused about the second parts of the sentences.Then the second sentence is right for you. My guess is that you are mistaking would to be in the past tense. In these kinds of conditional structures, would indicat
I want to say that if she hadn't told me she was 13, I would still think she's 16(now at this very moment).
Aspara GusThen the second sentence is right for you. My guess is that you are mistaking would to be in the past tense. In these kinds of conditional structures, would indicates the present, and would have indicates the past.I understand the sentences impeccably. I just didn't know what was a logical choice.
AnonymousIf you hadn't told me you were 13, I would've thought you were 16. - She did tell me and I didn't think she was 16. I still don't.Although your analysis of the meaning of the sentence is largely correct, the speaker probably had some idea in mind of the the other person being 16. Perhaps this was not a conscious thought, but the fact that the words w