Sometime means "at an indefinite or unstated time in the future." Some time means "a period of time." Sometimes means "occasionally, now and then."
Examples:
- "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?"
(Mae West in She Done Him Wrong, 1933) - "You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others--something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it."
(Albert Schweitzer) - "I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."
(Oscar Wilde)
Practice:
(a) "_____ a scream is better than a thesis." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)(b) "I've been trying for _____ to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence." (Garry Trudeau)
(c) "If you want an interesting party _____, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone." (Robert Fulghum)
