Sites/grounds
He drow past watching the neglected houses and sites/grounds.
What is the correct term when you're talking about the place/area in which a house is build on?
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anonymous He dro ve past watching the neglected houses and sites/grounds. In a context like this, "site" would usually refer to a place that looks as though either a house used to be there, or it is intended that a house will be built there. "Grounds" would mean the area around a house that is part of the property.
- anonymous He dro ve past watching the neglected houses and sites/grounds.
- In a context like this, "site" would usually refer to a place that looks as though either a house used to be there, or it is intended that a house will be built there.
- "Grounds" would mean the area around a house that is part of the property.
- It would suggest a reasonably large area; you wouldn't normally use "grounds" to describe a property where the house takes up a significant portion of the lot, but you wouldn't normally use it to describe a farm, either.
- "Grounds" is more likely to be used if the house is large, and it's more likely to be used if the area is landscaped.
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anonymousHe drove past watching the neglected houses and sites/grounds.
In a context like this, "site" would usually refer to a place that looks as though either a house used to be there, or it is intended that a house will be built there. "Grounds" would mean the area around a house that is part of the propert
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