Can I make this usage of some? (difficult question)?

Question

Can I say some moment as in either one moment or many moments of an unknown number as in:

"They will come in some moment, maybe in many waves or just at once,"

or in other words,

"They will come in either one time or many times, maybe in waves or just at once"?

Answer 1

duuuuuude

pass that sh*t over here

X-P

Answer 2

Individually they may come, day and night, again and again, or maybe as a nation!

Answer 3

Yes, I see what you are trying to say but your wording is awkward.

Stick with the prhase 'at once" 'or all at once' and contrast that with the idea of 'them' coming in waves or whatever. The most important thing in writing is to keep revising until it looks right.

Good luck.

Answer 4

No, not really.

You could say 'they will come some time' or 'they will come at any moment'.

Also, you would say 'maybe in waves or all at once'.

Answer 5

Neither of those sentences sound grammatically correct.

Answer 6

Truthfully, the first clause of both sentences are a little sketchy. In the first sentence, I can't tell if you're trying to say that they will come at any given moment (1), or if you're trying to say that they will come and stay for a span of x amount of moments (2). Either way, the usage of the word 'some' in that sentence doesn't make sense.

(1) - If you're trying to say that they will come at any given moment, then say that they will come "at any given moment", or that they will be here "at any moment", or "in a few moments", or just simply "soon" or "shortly".

(2) - If you're trying to say that they will stay for an unknown amount of time (but apparently it's a short time), then say that they will come "for a moment", or "for a little while". Something along those lines.

Furthermore, you may just want to say that "They may come in waves or all at once." It's short, simple sentence that is easy to understand.

Answer 7

Hi

You can say they will come in a moment , but not some moment as moment is a general amount of time .

So saying some moment in this context is incorrect grammar.

However an exception is "Some moments in my job are more exciting than others"

Also you don't need separate moments for each person that comes as the term moment can covers a general time span.  

If you wanted to be precise you could say they will arrive at different times.

I hope this helps bye : )

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Answer 8

No. Your sentences don't work.

You could say "They will come at some time/point, repeatedly or only once"

Answer 9

We use the word moment more indirectly.

It can happen at any moment

We had many moments together

We rarely use it specifically.

In that moment I was terrified.

Answer 10

It seems a rather awkward way to express it.  Better would be: "Once, or many times, they will come."  The "moment" seems superfluous and contrived.