Sometime And Sometimes
Hello !
I'm always confused about the meaning and difference between these two words.
Could somebody explain it to me?
I'll appreciate it.
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"Sometime" has the same meaning as "someday": I'd love to go and visit you sometime (meaning that I don't necessarily know when, but at some point in the future, I'd like to go and visit you)
"Sometimes" has the same meaning as "every now and again": Sometimes I feel lonely (meaning that I feel lonely on a more or less regular basis)
Hope this helped :)
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Here's an even simpler solution:
Forget about the adverb 'sometime'.
I have never used the word 'sometime' in my life, and I never intend to. For me, and for many other English users, 'Let's have a drink some time' is a sentence with six words, not five. 'Some time' is the same as saying 'some day', like some morning, some afternoon. Two words. We don't need to connect these words together.
'Sometimes', meaning occasionally, is one word.
'Some time' does not have to be one word. Leave it as two words - problem solved.
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Yes
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