@SMickey,
SMickey: Would this make sense if I had told,
Oh, I thought say and tell are almost interchangable.
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'almost' is the operative word. In this case they would be/would have been had you added an object pronoun, SMickey.
They would be here had you added an object pronoun, SMickey.
Would this make sense if I had told him/her/them?
Would this make sense if I had
said to him/her/them?