# \-Property vs. -Properties ?
**URL:** https://forums.powershell.org/t/property-vs-properties/838
**Category:** PowerShell Help
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/property-vs-properties/838 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@archives](https://forums.powershell.org/u/archives)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/property-vs-properties/838/1 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")
by sponsen at 2013-04-08 00:08:52
> What is the difference between the -Property and -Properties parameters in the AD module? Is -Property just a alias of -Properties, and why did they make the "ies" ending the default one, when everything else is single-noun?
by happysysadm at 2013-04-08 06:44:54
> Hi Sponsen,
>
> I can’t find any cmdlet that has -Property parameter.
>
> Can you be more specifix and post an example of what you are trying to do?
>
> Carlo
by sponsen at 2013-04-08 06:53:03
> I think all cmdlets in the AD module have this 🙂
>
> I’m not trying to do anything specific, I just want to know if there are any differences between those two.
by nohandle at 2013-04-08 08:54:18
> [quote="sponsen"]I’m not trying to do anything specific, I just want to know if there are any differences between those two.[/quote]Nope. It is just alias.
> `get-help get-aduser -parameter properties-Properties Required? false Position? Named Accept pipeline input? false Parameter set name (All) Aliases Property Dynamic? true`
> And why? I frankly don’t know.
by sponsen at 2013-04-10 03:20:14
> Thanks 🙂
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### Author:  [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/property-vs-properties/838/2 "2024-05-16T20:57:51Z")