sometime & some time
1.sometimes用作副词,表示“有的时候”,与from time to time 意思相同,可以把它放在句首,句尾或句中。sometimes是频率副词,它暗指某动作(在过去、现在或将来)有时候重复。如:Last year she went to the park sometimes. Sometimes I get up at six. I sometimes think you are wrong.
2 .sometime 用作副词。表示某个不确切或不具体的时间,表示“某个时候”,它后面应该接一个过去或将来的时间。例如:Tom went back home sometime last month. We will have a meeting sometime next week.(sometime last year,sometime next month等常修饰非延续性的谓语) 另外,sometime还可以用作形容词,表示“以前的”,如:A sometime student of yours is waiting for you at the gate.
3. some time 表示"一些时间"或“一段时间”,可以用作名词或副词短语。例如:She always spends some time on her English. It took us some time to water the flowers. some time。表示"某一段时间"时,常常修饰延续性的谓语动词。如:She stayed in bed for some time. I will work in Japan for some time.
4. some times 是名词词组,意为“几次,几倍”,如:I met him some times in the street last month. The factory is some times larger than that one. |