🎁 A holiday package to celebrate the season! Click here and shop now!

TextRanch

The best way to perfect your writing.

Discover why 1,062,726 users count on TextRanch to get their English corrected!

1. Input your text below.
2. Get it corrected in a few minutes by our editors.
3. Improve your English!

One of our experts will correct your English.

Our experts

it may happen sometime vs it may happen sometimes

Both sentences are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'It may happen sometime' implies that an event may occur at an unspecified point in the future. 'It may happen sometimes' suggests that an event may occur occasionally or intermittently.
Jennifer profile picture

Explained by Jennifer
Editor at TextRanch

Last updated: November 14, 2024 • 11353 views

it may happen sometime

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that an event may occur at an unspecified point in the future.

This phrase is used to express the possibility of something occurring at some point in the future without specifying when.

Examples:

  • I don't know when, but it may happen sometime.
  • It may happen sometime or may not. After long time Cisco finally came up with some patch and asked to test the same. They said to recreate the issue ...
  • Dec 20, 2022 ... I know it's extremely difficult but it may happen sometime in history. I just wanted to know if this happens (and the wallet has bitcoin) ...
  • Jul 9, 2015 ... Sure, it may happen sometime, but clogged filters is definitely unusual. And to reinforice this idea, the auto makers are no longer ...
  • Sep 24, 2024 ... It may happen sometime down the line, we don't know. For what we know, the "Crash 5" that Toys for Bob was conceptualizing has been canceled ...
  • Hey TortoiseMaximus. I think for now it is not possible although it may happen sometime in the future. There are two related threads you can check. Cheers. http ...
  • Dec 4, 2015 ... It may happen sometime when the kerberos is disabled from the cluster. So ensure following properties are changed on cloudera manager ...
  • Jun 23, 2020 ... Trail only although putting a tag back on it may happen sometime. I'd just go with new calipers but there is so much grinding involved that ...
  • Jan 3, 2013 ... Then tie another one on it. May happen sometime. When you are satisfied with the ease of doing it look if the line is really secured. You ...
  • Dec 13, 2020 ... Do you think we'll see old Millionaire episodes being rerun or on a streaming service? Yes, and it may happen sometime in the foreseeable future ...
  • Sep 20, 2024 ... I have the Lectron version adapter in anticipation of the Tesla/Nissan agreement. It may happen sometime in 2025. I haven't tried it at a ...

Alternatives:

  • it may happen eventually
  • it may happen one day
  • it may happen in the future
  • it may happen at some point

it may happen sometimes

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that an event may occur occasionally or intermittently.

This phrase is used to suggest that something may occur from time to time or at irregular intervals.

Examples:

  • It's not a regular occurrence, but it may happen sometimes.
  • Jul 14, 2021 ... When logging as Administrator, this bug doesnt occur, but for regular users it may happen sometimes (not everytime). We use "User Filter" on ...
  • May 9, 2023 ... It may happen sometimes or do you think there's something going on with the tracking code? On the integrations setting everything seems ok ...
  • May 24, 2024 ... Wait for a day if it's still not active then submit a case log. Don't worry it may happen sometimes.
  • Jul 15, 2021 ... ... it may happen sometimes). Jonathan Lewis Jul 15 2021. Answer. In principle the order of tables in the FROM clause should be irrelevant because ...
  • May 30, 2024 ... It may happen sometimes. ... I'm all in for playtime but I'm gonna pass on seagull. Messy... ... Photo by Jonathan Ho on November 10, 2024.
  • (Granted it may happen sometimes that you buy a battery and when you start using it it's already in the low charge side). Discover · Procreate for iPad.
  • Jun 9, 2019 ... It may happen sometimes (f.e. when Firefox crashes on closing), when you open files directly in Firefox. And you may easy overlook some ...
  • It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.
  • Jun 2, 2022 ... I read on some forums that it may happen sometimes on laptops with 2 GPUs (Intel HD + Discrete GPU or eGPU). So i assigned AOE to Nvidia GPU ...

Alternatives:

  • it may happen occasionally
  • it may happen from time to time
  • it may happen intermittently
  • it may happen sporadically

Related Comparisons

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9TextRanch on TrustPilot).

Why choose TextRanch?

Lowest prices
Up to 50% lower than other online editing sites.

Fastest Times
Our team of editors is working for you 24/7.

Qualified Editors
Native English experts for UK or US English.

Top Customer Service
We are here to help. Satisfaction guaranteed!

×

💝 TextRanch Holidays Offer! 💝️

25% special discount
Stock up on credits for the entire year!

Grab this offer now!