You might have seen both ‘sometime’ and ‘some time’ in your everyday life, but what’s the difference between these two? And can they both be used? We’ll go over that in detail below, plus teach you how to use the word in a sentence.
Need a quick answer? Here it is:
As you can see, these words mean two different things but sound the same, making them homophones. Therefore, they shouldn’t be used interchangeably.
As you might have seen from the first section, the difference between ‘some time’ and ‘sometime’ is that the former can mean at some point or former, and the latter usually means a long period of time.
But what about sometimes?
Sometimes means occasionally.
All these words have slightly different meanings, but they sound the same, making them homophones.
It’s easy to confuse them, so make sure to use the correct one in your writing.
Well, that depends on the context.
If you’re trying to tell someone you want to hang out at some point, you’d use ‘sometime.’
When talking about something you want to do occasionally, you’d use ‘sometimes.’
However, if you’re trying to say you haven’t been somewhere in a while, you might say you haven’t been there in ‘some time.’
We know a little bit about what the words mean, but let’s see what the dictionary has to say.
The Merriam-Webster definition of the word ‘sometime’ is at some time in the future, formerly, or occasionally.
You might have heard the idiom ‘some time ago.’
Wondering how to pronounce these words? Here’s a short guide.
Now it’s time to see how to use both in a sentence correctly, starting with ‘sometime.’
Now, let’s see some examples of how to use ‘some time.’
To recap, we learned that:
As you can see, these words mean two different things but sound the same, making them homophones. Therefore, they shouldn’t be used interchangeably.
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