Heres a better clue : when you say 'some time', you refer to the delay (as in 'some time later'). Or how about a vital organ being removed and the opt-out card being found at a later date? 'Some time' means a certain time, while 'sometime' can mean either one of these days (someday) or 'Im not sure when'.Can we discuss it at some other time/ can we discuss it (some time) later. How should I say this A: It's not relevant to the topic of discussion. But if I want to use ' time' instead of day or on occasion. I know this two way of deferring a matter of discussion. This means that the sea in which the Bright Angel was deposited flooded the land in the east at a later date. We will discuss this on some other occasion.This is particularly helpful if your school's organisation seeks to register as a charity at a later date.The total would be capped at a later date.→ date Examples from the Corpus at a later/future date I wrote it automatically, and then got all confused hahaha,) In the above sentence though, I was thinking of a period of days, so that's one example from my subconscious if that helps, even though we're not talking about that particular usage.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English at a later/future date at a later/future date formal FUTURE at some time in the future SYN later The details will be agreed at a later date. (damn I thought twice about whether or not "in a while" was correct. I'd have to pay attention to myself speaking for a while. I'm sort of making this up, I'm not really sure. Soon (for me) follows the same rules as "in a while" but maybe it's a bit sooner, meaning that it might happen before you've finished the current task. If you're cooking and you say, "In a while, it'll start to boil" that means that there's probably a sizeable chunk of time (relative to the activity at hand, so if it's a 15-minute meal, that could be 6 minutes.) Or it could be years if you're talking about real estate or something. ** I never really say in a while, and I think that depends heavily on context. at some time in the future: Don’t worry, sooner or later the cat will come home. Translation: "No he did not start recently, he has been working there for some time now." "Nah he didn't just start, he's been working over there for a minute." Dude's been in there for a minute." I heard this in other parts of the USA as well, I guess it was spread by rap music.
** "A minute" (not in a minute) in urban slang, (used by all races as far as I can tell,) can mean a long time relatively, for example, "What's this mo***r f**** doin' in the bathroom. Here's a better clue : when you say 'some time', you refer to the delay (as in 'some time. I'd say (from the shortest to the longest) in a second, in a minute, in a bit You should say 'some time later', the same way you said 'after some time' and not 'after sometime' 'Some time' means a certain time, while 'sometime' can mean either one of these days (someday) or 'I'm not sure when'. it feels longer than any of the above, and could mean days or weeks.) Later / in a while / in a bit / in a minute / in a second "in a while" / after lunch / later the same day When I use such time expressions, the exact meaning depends on the situation, and possibly the person I'm talking to.
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