Learn English – “For some time” vs “For some times”

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What is the difference between

He has been working here for some time.

and

He has been working here for some times.

Is it correct to say for sometimes? I seached a lot, but I did not find an answer at all.

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He has been working here for some time.

time as used here means one time of unspecified length, and does not refer to multiple times. So plural "times" would not be used.

As for sometimes, this is an abverb so you would not used it by itself in a prepositional phrase.
So you can't say:

He has been working here for sometimes.

but you can say:

He has been working here sometimes.

however the meaning here is various unspecified times, which is different from the original phrase, which meant one time of unspecified length.

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