some time / sometime / sometimes

A span, an unspecified time, and now and then.

Some time is a span: some time to think. Sometime is an unspecified time, or former: sometime next week; a sometime clerk. Sometimes means now and then.

Examples

UseWe need some time to read it.

UseCall sometime after noon.

UseThe gate sometimes sticks.

AvoidWe need sometime to read it.