You've lost everything VS you lost everything
Hello! I'm here to ask you something.
Now I'm studying something for English. But, I just saw " You've lost everything"
But, as non-native, I can't see there is difference between ' You've lost everything' and 'you lost everything'
It's like you always use that expression or it depends on situation?.

Thank you for reading my horrible English. and I would thank you for answering my question if you wrote something for me!!!

Question

You've lost everything VS you lost everything
Hello! I'm here to ask you something.
Now I'm studying something for English. But, I just saw " You've lost everything"
But, as non-native, I can't see there is difference between ' You've lost everything' and 'you lost everything'
It's like you always use that expression or it depends on situation?.

Thank you for reading my horrible English. and I would thank you for answering my question if you wrote something for me!!!

Answer

"You've lost everything" tells us about the situation now.

"You lost everything" tells us about an event in the past - it tells us nothing about the present situation.

It's the basic difference between present perfect and past simple. You can look this up quite easily.

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"You've lost everything" and "You lost everything" are exactly alike.  You've lost = you have lost which is past perfect and you lost is simple past.  They are interchangeable and both past tense.

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you've lost everything mean that you are actually "right nw" lost everything "past perfect"

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