{"id":408,"date":"2012-05-21T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T23:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2012-05-21T09:53:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T23:53:04","slug":"sometimes-you-have-use-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/05\/sometimes-you-have-use-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes you have use some time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometime <\/strong>[adverb]<\/span>:<\/span> a not defined time, unspecified time<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Define<\/a>

Defining time with minutes and year<\/p><\/div>\n

I’ll finish the great Australian novel sometime.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes <\/span><\/strong>[adverb]<\/span><\/span>:<\/span> occasionally, from time to time
\nSometimes business owners think about going back to having a job.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some time<\/span><\/strong> [phrase]: a period of time
\nFor some time I have been planning to write another eBook<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This trio is based on\u00a0the same two words merged into one, or not, and all relate to time so the differences are subtle enough it isn’t surprising some people misuse them.<\/p>\n

Left as two words to be the phrase, ‘some time’ is the most precise and considered of the three – and it has more precision required to separate the two words so maybe that will help remember when to use the phrase rather than an adverb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometime [adverb]: a not defined time, unspecified time I’ll finish the great Australian novel sometime.\u00a0 Sometimes [adverb]: occasionally, from time to time Sometimes business owners think about going back to having a job. Some time [phrase]: a period of time For some time I have been planning to write another eBook. This trio is based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[772,119,771,770,1508],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-meanings","tag-define","tag-meaning","tag-some-time","tag-sometime","tag-sometimes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t