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Rule "for sometime → for some time"

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Description:	for sometime → for some time
Message:	The adverb "sometime" means "at some point in the future". Did you mean some time (which often means "a long span of time" as in the phrase "for some time" or "in some time")?
Category:	Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/sometimes-sometime/#some-time
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	I have used it for sometime. Correction suggestion: some time I haven't done it in quite sometime. Correction suggestion: some time I've done it for sometime now. Correction suggestion: some time I got quite sick for sometime afterwards. Correction suggestion: some time The business continued for sometime thereafter. Correction suggestion: some time
Correct sentences for comparison:	I have used it for some time. I will schedule it for sometime this week. I will schedule it for sometime during the week. I will schedule it for sometime later next week. I will schedule it for sometime later in the week. I will schedule it for sometime soon. I will schedule it for sometime today. I will schedule it for sometime early next week. I will schedule it for sometime after next week. I will schedule it for sometime later next week. I will schedule it for sometime the following week. I will schedule it for sometime over the next week. I will schedule it for sometime around 1 p.m. I will schedule it for sometime when things are better. I will schedule a call sometime for an hour. It is scheduled for sometime in January. It is scheduled for sometime Saturday. I will drop by sometime for a visit. I am going to Spain sometime. I hope he fills you in sometime. I will fill you in sometime. I will get a lift in sometime soon. I will schedule it for sometime.
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ID:	FOR_SOMETIME_FOR_SOME_TIME [1]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-29 22:33:07 +0200)