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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Sometime in the future = some time in the future?

"Some say Pyongyang will likely propose talks on family reunions for those separated since the Korean War,
some time around the Lunar New Year at the end of January."

"They have not completely ruled out the possibility of inter-Korean dialogue some time in the near future."

I was wondering if some time in the future and sometime in the future mean the same. I still think that sometime in the future or sometime around the Lunar New year are correct, but some teacher says they are identical and the newspaper writes that way so often, so I need your help. What do you think?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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Hans51 some teacher says they are identical They are far from identical. Some time = a given amount of time Sometime = at an undefined point in time It should be sometime in both your sentences. (Unless in the first the writer is trying to refer to the amount of time that will be devoted to the reunions, or the talks on those, or the proposal.

— Henry74

  • Hans51 some teacher says they are identical They are far from identical.
  • Some time = a given amount of time Sometime = at an undefined point in time It should be sometime in both your sentences.
  • (Unless in the first the writer is trying to refer to the amount of time that will be devoted to the reunions, or the talks on those, or the proposal.
  • ) H.
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Hans51some teacher says they are identical
They are far from identical.

Some time = a given amount of time
Sometime = at an undefined point in time

It should be sometime in both your sentences.
(Unless in the first the writer is trying to refer to the amount of time that will be devoted to the reunions, or the talks on those,
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