English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SIGHT, SITE, CITE
May we not lose our ~site~ and be thrown into darkness (nonstandard).
May we not lose our ~cite~ and br thrown into darkness (nonstandard).
May we not lose our *sight* and be thrown into darkness (standard).
Sight is the faculty or power of seeing.
That’s not a good ~sight~ for such business (nonstandard).
That’s not a good ~cite~ for such business (nonstandard).
That’s not a good *site* for such business (standard).
Site is an area on which a building is constructed.
They ~sight~ their supervisor’s paper in their project (nonstandard).
They ~site~ their supervisor’s paper in their project (nonstandard).
They *cite* their supervisor’s paper in their project (standard).
If you cite something, you quote it or mention it.
GAB
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