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Originally Posted by Ju  Would you explain and correct for me : 1) sometime = at some time - I will meet him sometime around 8:00 this evening.
2) some time = for some period of time - I will stay with him some time around one hour.
(Actually, I want to say I will stay with him around one hour time, but I want to try to make a sentence with "some time") 3) What is the usage guideline for "Owing to / due to"?
a) I was not able to join the party due to the flight delay from China.
b) Owing to the fact that the flight was late from China, I was not able
to join the party.
c) Owing to the flight delay from China, I was not able to join the party.
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1. Correct.
2. The use of "some time' is indeterminate, so it is directly compatible with a specific time frame. You could use it like this:
I stayed there for some time, probably about an hour.
3. Owing to/due to/because of/ are pretty much interchangeable.