英语讲义【27】sometime和sometimes同义吗？
<p> 上一期谈到了带<span word="s">s</span>和不带<span word="s">s</span>的字，并举了<span word="beside">beside</span>和 <span word="besides">besides</span>说明两个字不同之处。</p><p> 这里再举出另外两个容易混淆的常用字，以进一步说明有<span word="s">s</span> 和没有<span word="s">s</span>字眼的差异。</p><p> 这两个字是<span word="sometime">sometime</span>和<span word="sometimes">sometimes</span>。</p><p> <span word="Sometime">Sometime</span>是个时间副词，意思是在某时期。这个字通常和日期或时间连用，出现在句子后半部， 用来固定本来不肯定的时间或日期。例如：</p><p> ① <span word="The">The</span> <span word="accident">accident</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="sometime">sometime</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="month">month</span>.</p><p> ② <span word="Let">Let</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="matter">matter</span> <span word="sometime">sometime</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="week">week</span>.</p><p> <span word="Sometimes">Sometimes</span>是个频率副词（<span word="adverb">adverb</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="frequency">frequency</span>），意思和 <span word="occasionally">occasionally</span>，或<span word="from">from</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="time">time</span>甚接近，就是有时候或偶尔之意。</p><p> <span word="Sometimes">Sometimes</span>和<span word="sometime">sometime</span>不但意思不同， 所处的位置也不一样。</p><p> <span word="Sometimes">Sometimes</span>可以在下列三处出现：</p><p> ⒈句首，如：</p><p> ③ <span word="Sometimes">Sometimes</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="didnt">didnt</span> <span word="feel">feel</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="working">working</span>.</p><p> ⒉接系动词<span word="be">be</span>之后，如：</p><p> ④ <span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="manager">manager</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="hot">hot</span>-<span word="tempered">tempered</span>.</p><p> ⒊动词前，如：</p><p> ⑤ <span word="They">They</span> <span word="sometimes">sometimes</span> <span word="stayed">stayed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="until">until</span> 2 <span word="oclock">oclock</span>.</p><p> 从这三个例子看，<span word="sometime">sometime</span>和<span word="sometimes">sometimes</span>不但意思不同， 所处的位置也大相径庭。</p><p> 就用途来说， <span word="sometime">sometime</span>的用途广些。除了表示在某时期 这意思之外，它也含有任何时候的意义，如：</p>
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