Some time or sometime

Is it really "Oxfor" (exactly like that?). Where did you get this book?

It's OK I found it.



The answer is that 'some time' (two words) can mean 'at some time in the future', especially when spoke, with emphasis on 'some'. It is not wrong, although 'sometime' (one word) is more usual.

The better question might be why "sometime" is treated as only one word when it's nothing more than two words smashed together in the first place?

Kinda like "everybody," anybody," etc.

Just an arbitrary convention which saves a space stroke on a keyboard, I guess.

A typo:

I meant to write "OXFORD," mr know-it-all!!!

I got the book quite a long time ago in Cambridge, England.

If you were less rude, you might find that fewer of your numerous and frequent questions languish with a reply figure of zero.

"Oxfor" being a typo was pretty obvious though. Pouncing on it did seem a little pointless. So in that sense it's not all that surprising that someone would interpret it as condescending.

When answering questions, I'd keep in mind that rudeness can come in different forms. It doesn't have to involve caps and multiple exclamation marks, it can come in polished language as well.

Yes, I take your point, although I was not aiming a cheap shot. I wished to know whether the title was transcribed verbatim. In certain parts of the world there are fake text books in circulation, often badly typed copies, frequently with mangled titles just like "Oxfor Guide to Grammar" and I was curious in case the source of the quotation. There are also lots of web sites purporting to be sources of grammar guidance, some of which are equally shoddy.

@ centrox

Please do me a favour: STOP ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. Thank you.

What do you mean by "If you were LESS RUDE, you might find that fewer of your numerous and frequent questions languish with a reply figure of zero"?

I ALWAYS end my questions with "thank you."

In truth here centrox, the only one who has been rude and continually so, is YOU!

You have made several rude comments to paok1970.

Then again, you chastised me for telling a poster I'd put in a comma. I then indicated that I was not an expert on grammar, at which point you told me to not answer questions related to grammar. You also said no comma should be where I had suggested, however, even though I asked, you never said why you felt it did not belong.

As to grammar and other errors, since that posting, I've found you to have
made 4 errors. Those are merely the ones I caught, so maybe you should not be so quick to attack others.

Regarding paok1974, the poster is attempting to learn the English language and does not need your childish behavior. Additionally, prior to this thread, paok1974, never made any negative response or rude response to any of us. A few times a follow up question of 'What do you mean?' Or 'Please explain' but no rudeness, that seems to be your venue centrox.

No it wasn't. Dodgy knock offs try to sound like something already established. "Oxfor" could have fitted into that category.

I think it's a case of the Kenneth Williams theory of infamy here.