Sometimes
, some time
is all you need to figure out a language problem. But sometime
in the future, or maybe it’s already happened to you sometime in the past, you won’t have that time. So here’s a little help with words that sound and look almost the same, but are really different.
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Gee! I thought this quiz was going to be a piece of cake, but to my dismay it wasn’t. SOMETIMES a dash of humility is necessary, don’t you think so Adam?
Excellent video, not to mention the quiz (well-designed, by the way).
Thanks a bunch, take care.
…just a short comment on the filling the gaps activity at the end of the video:
It was a well-thought-out activity since it allowed us to understand much better their meaning and see them at work in a real context.
Thanks a lot again Adam.
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Thank you very much for this wonderful lesson,Adam! Now I know the difference between these words. Very helpful.Thanks again.I’ll be looking forward to your following classes!
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I have a query regarding the 4th question. Shouldn’t be the right answer ‘anytime’? I think the determiner in this kind of question is not some.
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Hi Anri,
You are right. Anytime can work here as well. However, sometime is also correct in that it stresses the idea of soon, making the question more urgent. Anytime soon suggests I’m not in a hurry.
Does that help?
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before i only heard sometimes
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I had some problems with understanding what “sometime” means, but after 3rd watching of the vid, I realized that we can simply replace “sometime” with “once”. Am I right?
Is there a possibility of using “sometime” in the same meaning as “sometimes”?
as far as I know
sometime it can be use as once when the sentence that talking about the past,,not in the future
nope there is no possibility,due to
sometimes = occasionally or every so often or every now and then
sometime = at the time in the future or in the past
So, for the future we can use “someday” or “one day”. :)
yep,, you can used someday for the unknown time in the future,especially a long time in the future. and one day also the same .
I also found this:
“Tenses after “once” are the same as tenses after “when”.”
Basically, I can say “Once I get there…”, and this refers to the future and is similar to “When I get there…”
I’m wondering about “Sometime I get there…” xD
I seek about this point :
once close tho this meaning ^ one occasion only ^
once could be talk about some time in the past ,but not now or in the future.
this is this when once be as adverb in the sentence.
whilst when it was as conjunction i`m not pretty sure about it could be .
and about sometime aye you can used it ,,
becuz sometime can refer to the future
Yes, “once” also means “1”.
— “How many times have you done this before?
— “Once or maybe twice in my life.” xD
Hi Morfik,
Not really. Though ‘once’ can be an indefinite time, it also suggests one time, while ‘sometime, is just a reference point o an indefinite time with no account of frequency.
If you can give me an example, I’ll let you know if it works.
Nothing comes to my mind. xD
But I have one question. Can “sometime” stand alone in a sentence, or do I have to use “sometime last week”, “sometime next year”, etc?
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Q2 the answer it could be sometime
teacher please could you tell the different between sometimes and sometime
and last Q what’s all ways
Hi ikiller,
sometimes= frequency of habit, action, etc.
sometime= indefinite (not clear) point in time.
all ways means all methods, paths.
Does that help?
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Hello, I have two questions about Indirect speech.
1. I found on the net that “You can use the present tense in reported speech if you want to say that something is still true”. And there is an example:
“My name is Lynne”, she said.
We can change it to:
She said her name was Lynne.
or
She said her name is Lynne.
But what if we have this situation:
— My mom said, “It’s cold outside.”
And 5 mins later, I talk with my friend, and I’m saying to him: My mom said that it’s cold outside, maybe I’ll take a hat or something. — Do I have to say “was” in this case? There is still cold outside. In general, I’m asking about all those situations where we refer to someone’s words in near past. For another example:
My girlfriend said, “I want to go to the park”.
And I was talking with someone by the phone and after hearing that, I’m saying to him “Listen, I got to go because my girl said that she wants to go to the park.” Is this possible?
2. How to form Indirect speech for future events? Can I use future tenses, or is there other option?
She said, “I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow.”
Can I say: She told me that she will be waiting for me tomorrow?
Hi Morfik,
Well, this could actually be a whole lesson, but I’ll get to a quick point here:
Don’t forget that the reporting verb itself will be in the past. If the information is still true, the verb of the clause can remain in present.
She said it was cold outside.
She said it’s cold outside.
Both of these would work.
For future, because it’s technically hypothetical, you can say, She told she would wait for me… (the past of will is would)
Does that help?
In some ways :)
Please do not ask something, which does not have any relationship with the lesson! It seems imbecile
Adam, thanks for your help, these words are very useful and normally very confused…
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Sometimes I have some time for thinking things I’d like to do sometime in my life and always I ask myself: can I explore all ways? I’m afraid not.
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Some Time (Singular?)
Some Times (Plural?)
What is the different between above words?
Hi, as far as I know, we never give space between sometimes. When it comes to singular and plural, time is an uncountable word, so we always use only some time in that sense of meaning. Hope it helps you.
Hi Tamil EElavan
Technically, yes, some times is the plural of some time, though there are few occasions to use the plural. A farmer has good times and bad times when it comes to his harvests. So… some times are good and some times are bad, where times refers to a period where a specific expectation is had.
Does that help?
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I don’t understand.
8. Tom’s boss told him to take _________ off work because he’s getting too stressed.
How is getting too stressed, Tom or his boss ?
I guess that, this question below is good.
8. Tom’s boss told him to take “some time” off work because “I” am getting too stressed.
Please Sir, what do you thing ?
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Which one of following is correct
Do you have some time today or do you have sometime today?
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I have a concern about “some time”
We use this to mean ” a Day”. When we say i want some time off which means a day off.
can you please advise on this .
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I have the question.
In the 5th qquestion of the Quiz:
5. Fill in the blank in the highlighted line below:
A: “Our next delivery is supposed to be tomorrow, but ___________ it’s late.”
Could I use “some time” instead of “sometimes”? I mention that it’s a bit time late (in not comfortable time.
How could be say such thought?
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Hi? Adam! fine lesson? thanks! I would like to ask you why at the 4th question it must be sometime but not some time? “I’ll find some time to come by later this week.” I understood he will have a piece of free time to come back to the shop. But test showed me to use “sometime”.I didn’t understand why. Can you explain please? Thanks.
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I wonder, what “some times” means? when we use the word? or should we ever use the indicated one?
Are we allowed to use “one day” or “someday” as synonyms of the word “sometime”?
Also, please, tell us how to use “sometime”, “one day” and “someday” with time periods, for instance: with month names, or “this week/year…? can we say: “sometime in April” or “sometime of April” or “sometime April”?
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regarding Q7, it seems strange to always sleep on stairs, so I was wondering why shouldn’t we use ‘sometimes’ instead of ‘always’?
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