I will read your report when I have a spare minute vs I will read your report when I have a spare time

The correct phrase is 'I will read your report when I have a spare minute.' 'Spare minute' is the idiomatic expression commonly used to refer to a short amount of free time. 'Spare time' is also correct, but it generally refers to a longer period of free time.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"I will read your report when I have a spare minute"

This phrase is used to indicate that the speaker will read a report when they have a brief moment of free time.

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I will read your word and wait for confirmation.
I will read your book, Mr. Price.
I promise I will read your evidence report.
I will... Leave here and I will read your material.
Rest assured I will read your proposal and give it a fast and fair hearing.
But I will read your manuscript today, even if they fire me.
Thank you very much, and I will read your words when they come through.
I realized that I owed him a lot. I will leave here, and I will read your material.
So I've read your report, and I have to say, I can't make hide nor hair of it.
Dear Mr Tindemans, I have read your report and listened to what you have said and I want to give you my warmest congratulations.
These guys will read your rights.
100 savants will read your work, maybe 10 will understand it.
If your reports say I'm behaving well, I will let you go when I'm no longer under the Guardianship.
If anything comes of this, I have your report, and I will bury you with it.
You will read your work, take an hour to socialise, and then return here.
I click one button, a hundred newsmen will read your name alongside Sam Lancaster's in black and white.
I read your report on the Lebanon job...
Peter, I read your report.
I read your report, Commander.
I read your report on Lebanon.

Alternatives:

I will read your report when I have a moment to spare.

This phrase is incorrect. 'Spare time' is not used in this context to refer to a short amount of free time.

"I will read your report when I have a spare time"

Show examples from the web [+]

I will read your word and wait for confirmation.
I will read your book, Mr. Price.
I promise I will read your evidence report.
I will... Leave here and I will read your material.
Rest assured I will read your proposal and give it a fast and fair hearing.
But I will read your manuscript today, even if they fire me.
Thank you very much, and I will read your words when they come through.
I realized that I owed him a lot. I will leave here, and I will read your material.
So I've read your report, and I have to say, I can't make hide nor hair of it.
Dear Mr Tindemans, I have read your report and listened to what you have said and I want to give you my warmest congratulations.
These guys will read your rights.
100 savants will read your work, maybe 10 will understand it.
If your reports say I'm behaving well, I will let you go when I'm no longer under the Guardianship.
If anything comes of this, I have your report, and I will bury you with it.
You will read your work, take an hour to socialise, and then return here.
I click one button, a hundred newsmen will read your name alongside Sam Lancaster's in black and white.
I read your report on the Lebanon job...
Peter, I read your report.
I read your report, Commander.
I read your report on Lebanon.

Alternatives:

I will read your report when I have some free time.
I will read your report when I have a moment to spare.

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