Timeline for I don't have a problem [with] asking for help
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| Jan 15, 2014 at 1:26 | comment | added | StoneyB on hiatus | @FumbleFingers They're both pretty new. The earliest use of have a problem followed by an -ing form I found in Google Books was 1912. | |
| Jan 15, 2014 at 0:27 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | A couple of minutes with NGrams suggests to me that the with [gerund] form is a relative newcomer. Which may or may not be related to the increased use of have a problem with X = object to X (where "with" can't be omitted). Personally, I would hardly ever include "with" except when the problem concerns how I feel about X. But then again, I suppose if I have intense negative feelings towards some [gerund-based] activity, it's quite likely I won't be any good at it, which might also be a problem. | |
| Jan 14, 2014 at 20:39 | vote | accept | learner | ||
| Jan 14, 2014 at 18:24 | history | answered | StoneyB on hiatus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |