Know Your English – The Hindu (June 20, 2016)
“According to this article, our coach was the sometime captain of the Ranji Trophy team. Is it okay to say ‘sometime’ captain? Shouldn’t it be ‘former’ captain?”
“The word ‘sometime’ is used as an adjective in formal contexts to mean ‘former’. Your ‘sometime captain’ is your former captain.” For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Courtesy : The Hindu.