Guest guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 I would use sometime. Here's an explanation I found on the web: " Let's get together sometime. " When you use the one-word form, it suggests some indefinite time in the future. " Some time " is not wrong in this sort of context, but it is required when being more specific: " Choose some time that fits in your schedule. " " Some " is an adjective here modifying " time. " The same pattern applies to " someday " (vague) and " some day " (specific). The above leads me to believe that one could substitute " some time " for " sometime, " but sometime feels right to me in this case. My 2 cents. Rennie some time vs sometime Any help would be appreciated: The patient said that he needed to visit his primary care physician (sometime, some time) soon. Tanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 Interesting. I never hesitated. I just would type sometime and on occasion Stedmans spell check would correct it. Aliceanne On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 08:04:06 -0600 " Rennie " writes: > I would use sometime. Here's an explanation I found on the web: > > " Let's get together sometime. " When you use the one-word form, it > suggests some indefinite time in > the future. " Some time " is not wrong in this sort of context, but it > is required when being more > specific: " Choose some time that fits in your schedule. " " Some " is > an adjective here modifying > " time. " The same pattern applies to " someday " (vague) and " some day " > (specific). > > The above leads me to believe that one could substitute " some time " > for " sometime, " but sometime > feels right to me in this case. My 2 cents. > > Rennie > some time vs sometime > > > Any help would be appreciated: > The patient said that he needed to visit his primary care > physician > (sometime, some time) soon. > > Tanks, > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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