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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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When do I use sometime and when do I use sometimes?

When do I use the word sometime and when do I use the word sometimes?
  

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sometime at a time in the future or in the past, although you do not know exactly when sometime around/in/during etc We'll take a vacation sometime in September. Our house was built sometime around 1900. sometimes on some occasions but not always [ occasionally ]: [British English] I sometimes have to work late.

  • sometime at a time in the future or in the past, although you do not know exactly when sometime around/in/during etc We'll take a vacation sometime in September.
  • Our house was built sometime around 1900.
  • sometimes on some occasions but not always [ occasionally ]: [British English] I sometimes have to work late.
  • [American English] Sometimes, Grandma would tell us stories about her childhood in Italy.
  • ' 'Sometimes.
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sometime
at a time in the future or in the past, although you do not know exactly when
sometime around/in/during etc
We'll take a vacation sometime in September.
Our house was built sometime around 1900.


sometimes
on some occasions but not always [occasionally]:
[British English] I sometimes have to work late.
[American Engl

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