Learn English – Difference between “You have me ~” and “You made me ~”

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I heard someone says

"You have me worried".

Is it same as "You made me worried"?

Any difference in nuance?

Best Answer

They are similar. They are both causative sentences. However, the first sentence uses the present tense. It will be interpreted as a stative meaning. It describes a situation. It means that I am worried now because of something you've said or done. The second sentence means that something you did in the past made me worried in the past. It has more of a dynamic feeling as opposed to a stative feeling. The second sentence does not say whether I'm still worried. I'm probably not, but I could be.

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