i have called up vs i called up

Both "I have called up" and "I called up" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "I have called up" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that happened at an unspecified time before now. "I called up" is in the simple past tense, indicating an action that happened at a specific time in the past.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the present perfect tense.

"i have called up"

This phrase is used in the present perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred at an unspecified time before now. It is often used when the exact time of the action is not important.

Examples:

I have called up the customer service multiple times, but no one has answered.
She has called up her friends to invite them to the party.

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I haven't been called up yet.
I haven't been called up yet, no-one is going to shoot me for desertion.
I guess I should have called before showing up.
You should have called up to my room.
Anyway, I called up the showroom.
The Governing Council shall decide upon the proportion to be called up by the ECB following its establishment and the amounts called up at later dates.
So we called up Boiler Kim.
I'm afraid we called up some devil or something.
I've been called up from the Norfolk field office to coordinate this inquiry.
I called up a replay of the program file.
It was you who called up, one by one...
Of this amount, EUR 650000 shall initially not be called up.
Hello, Charlie. I just called up your house.
Called up a lot of people.
He called up his uncle as soon as he got to Matsuyama.
He called up his uncle on reaching Matsuyama.
I'm the man that called up about the leopard.
I heard myself talking to someone who had called up.
She called up here for you not too long ago.
The proportion of this capital called up is 30 %.

Alternatives:

I have phoned up
I have contacted
I have reached out to
I have dialed up
I have rung up

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English in the simple past tense.

"i called up"

This phrase is used in the simple past tense to indicate an action that occurred at a specific time in the past. It is often used when referring to a completed action.

Examples:

I called up my friend yesterday to check on her.
He called up the company to inquire about the job opening.

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So I called up Dr. Brille,
and so I called up and said, "Should we come?"
So I called up Nathan, a little bit sheepishly, actually, about this idea that maybe we could use these patterns and shapes to produce a wetsuit to try and mitigate the risk of shark attack, and fortunately, he thought that was a good idea.
I said to Tania, "We have to go," and so I called up and said, "Should we come?"
I called up a few filmmaking friends of mine...
Anyway, I called up the showroom.
I called up a replay of the program file.
I called up old Bob Houston.
No, I called up my three-year-old nephew and he broke it.
I called up his last post.
I called up his last post.
I called up Hamilton's wife.
Being an ex-P.I., I called up my friends at the Los Angeles Police Department.
I called up earlier about a woman being abducted on the M 1 by someone in a white truck.
I called up my guy on the outside, and I told him about our plan.
I called up that reprobate that broke my daughter's heart and made it very clear he owed me one.
I called up to them before I went out into the garden.
I called up my friend, Professor Mike Tyler in the University of Adelaide.
I called up to see how you were were.
I called up the owner, she hasn't picked it up yet.

Alternatives:

I phoned up
I contacted
I reached out to
I dialed up
I rang up

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