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Some time or Sometime or Sometimes

These three sound the same but are different.

Some time talks about a long period of time.
Sometime talks about an unspecified period of time.
Sometimes talks about how often something happens.

  • For some time now I have been trying to buy a new house.
  • We must meet for lunch sometime.
  • Sometimes we meet for a beer or two.