English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SIGHT, SITE, CITE
If you *sight* someone or something, you suddenly see them, often briefly:
Hopefully the committee will sight the moon today and tomorrow will be Eid al-Fitr.
If something is *sited* in a particular place or position, it is put there or built there:
We can site the company anywhere around here.
If you *cite* something, you quote it or mention it, especially as an example or proof of what you are saying:
You have to cite an authority for anyone to believe you.
Note that “sight” and “site” can also be used as nouns:
May we not lose our *sight* when we are at the *site* of our success so that nobody will *cite* us as examples of unfortunate people.
GAB
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