The single-word someplace is sometimes used in colloquial speech and writing to mean some place. Someplace is not out of place in casual contexts, but it’s generally considered incorrect in formal or serious writing. The compound may someday catch on (as someday has), but for now we are safer using the two-word form or an alternative such as somewhere.
Exam
These writers get away with using someplace because the tone is informal:
But right now the world is awash in cheap money, looking for someplace to go. [NY Times]
Show this scene to a resident of Miami or Nice – someplace where a sunny day is a fact of life rather than an actual miracle – and they’d guess it was a refugee camp . . . [Independent]
Just as the last few years have driven him to find a way to land someplace stable. [Hamilton Spectator]
But most of the time, the two-word some place is preferred:
And we saw that Lee isn’t a bad runner when he has some place to run. [The Independent]
Once we’re done, I would like for the AT-AT to find some place nice to be housed and admired as a monument. [Herald Sun]
