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Rule "for sometime → for some time"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description:	for sometime → for some time
Message:	The adverb "sometime" means "at some point in the future". Did you mean <suggestion>some time</suggestion> (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.
ID:	FOR_SOMETIME_FOR_SOME_TIME [1]
Version:	6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-05 22:33:07 +0100)