Cite, Site, Sight
Cite is a verb to mean to quote, to summon officially, to mention formally, or even to compliment. It's also the noun form of the same things: a formal summons, or an official mention. You have to cite your sources when you write a paper, but it's also a nod to wherever you got your idea. Check out what cite can do:
A site is a specified place, such as a building site, but it's also short for Website, which is a collection of Web pages that are found within the same URL. Either way it's somewhere you can go:
Sight, of course, is vision or something that can be seen. If something is outta sight then it's fabulous whether you can see it or not. Here's an example of sight:
Though cite, site, and sight were confused before the Internet, we are more likely to use site for all of them because we use it so often for Website. Tricks to Remember: If you’re ever stuck between these words and which of them to use, there are a few good ways to keep them apart.
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