[Grammar] present simple/continuous with lately

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Kotfor

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What do you think about these sentences? I come across such sentences off and on.

1) Do you know how much more time Phil spends at home lately?

2) But lately I am seeing fewer of them.

Is it an informal way of speaking?
 

Grumpy

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They are both informal ways of speaking. The first example is very common. The second is also common, but I would always express it as "...but lately I have been seeing fewer of them."
 
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