Lately

Anonymous I am having problems with him lately.

No problems here! [Y]

Also, "I have been having problems with him lately."

"Lately" doesn't necessarily mean "presently." It's more like "recently."
You can even say, "I was having problems with him lately." "I had problems with him lately."
"I had been hav

Hi there, I really appreciate your answer.

Well, a boss of mine almost ignored me (she gave me that "down look") when I said it was possible using it with both present continuous and past continuous, besides present perfect.
Is it too much for you to give me some literature of that?

Thanks a lot.

It may take a while.
I'm not sure what you're saying her position is.

She allows only present perfect?

Just offhand, I get four times as many Google hits for the continuous/progressive as for the perfect.

Of course that doesn't prove anything.

She´s my boss and she says it´s wrong its use with present continuous and past continuous. I´ve been looking on the internet but it´s really hard to find something about it.
Anyway, don´t bother wasting your time. Knowing that I am right is good enough to me.

Thanks again

Hi, Odair. Welcome to English Forums! Thanks for joining us! [<:o)]

I know what it's like trying to fight City Hall.

Thanks!

This does seem like a very serious and good forum!

Well, being more precise, what happened was that she made some questions and asked me to have a look. One of them was a sentence similar to the one I used here. With four options, one should choose present perfect because of the word "lately" that, according to her, is only used with present perfect. Since I had been ask

You'd be surprised at how many posts we get from people who don't believe what their teachers tell them. I have the impression that when students get upset enough to post, they're right at least half of the time. - A.

I can imagine, because |I know lots of teachers who just pretend to know about everything...