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Rule "Some time (Sometimes) I like to read fiction"

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Description: Some time (Sometimes) I like to read fiction
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/#sometimes
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Some time I like to read fiction, but I prefer non-fiction.
    Correction suggestion: Sometimes
  • Some time we get 500 internal server error without any stack trace (unhandled) exceptions.
    Correction suggestion: Sometimes
  • Some time I'd sit down and listen to 'em myself, and it sound like two of the same voices.
    Correction suggestion: Sometimes
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: SOME_TIME_SOMETIMES [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-17 22:33:07 +0200)