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Rule "We should hang out some time (sometime)"

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Description: We should hang out some time (sometime)
Message: Instead of the noun phrase 'some time', did you mean to use the adverb?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/sometimes-sometime/#sometime
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Let's hang out some time.
    Correction suggestion: sometime
  • He is certain to turn up some time.
    Correction suggestion: sometime
  • We'll have to have drinks and catch up some time.
    Correction suggestion: sometime
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: PHRASAL_VERB_SOMETIME [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-25 22:33:07 +0200)