“Base on”, “based on”, “on the basis of” etc

It is “based on” in both cases because you are using the passive voice. Here's another example in the passive voice: “The film is/was based on ... CommonMistakesinBusinessEnglish activewritingguidefornon-nativespeakers Skiptocontent ←Howtotranslate“naszadzisiejsza rozmowa” Whenisitcorrecttouse“to”plus–ing?(part 1)→ “Baseon”,“basedon”,“onthebasisof” etc PostedonMarch30,2012bybarnabyharward Thesephrasesseemtocausenoendoftrouble! Baseon MistakeswiththisarisefromincorrectlytranslatingthePolishverbopierać.Lookattheexamplebelow: Klimatolodzyopierająsięnasymulacjachtworzonychnakomputerach. YouCANNOTtranslatethisas: Climatologistsbaseoncomputersimulations. Thismakesabsolutelynosense.Instead,thesentenceshouldbetranslatedasfollows:  Climatologistsusecomputersimulations. Climatologistsdependon/relyoncomputersimulationsinordertodotheirwork. Ifyouuse“baseon”youmustsayWHATclimatologistsbaseoncomputersimulations: E.g.Climatologistsbasetheirpredictionsaboutclimatechangeoncomputersimulations. Thisisbecausetheverb“baseon”requirestwoobjects(itiswhatgrammarianscalladitransitiveverb).Intheaboveexample,computersimulationsisoneobject,andtheirpredictionsaboutclimatechangeistheother. Itissometimesdifficultforareadertounderstandasentenceif“baseon”isusedincorrectlybecause,asyouseefromtheaboveexample,theymaythinkthatsomeinformationismissing. Somemoreexamples: WRONG WesolelybasedoninformationprovidedbyMrAndreasSchmittinhise-mailoflastFriday. RIGHT WebasedouranalysissolelyoninformationprovidedbyMrAndreasSchmittinhise-mailoflastFriday. WRONG Asrequested,webasedontheCompany’sglobaltemplateemploymentcontractforL2/L3levelemployeeswhendraftingthecontractforMrKowalski. RIGHT Asrequested,webasedMrKowalski’scontractontheCompany’sglobaltemplateemploymentcontractforL2/L3levelemployees. WRONG AsagreedwehavebasedontheGermanretentionletter;however,asyouwillseeitrequiredsignificantmodifications. RIGHT AsagreedwehavebasedthenewretentionletterontheGermanletter;however,asyouwillseeitrequiredsignificantmodifications. Basedon Youcanalsosaythat“somethingisbasedonsomething”–thisisthepassive. WRONG ItcannotbesaidthattheactionsofTopPolskaS.A.baseontheconsumer’signoranceorlackofexperience. RIGHT ItcannotbesaidthattheactionsofTopPolskaS.A.arebasedontheconsumer’signoranceorlackofexperience. WRONG Anyactionsthatbaseonaconsumer’signoranceorlackofexperiencecontradicttherulesofgoodpractice. RIGHT Anyactionsthatarebasedonaconsumer’signoranceorlackofexperiencecontradicttherulesofgoodpractice. OR Anyactionsbasedonaconsumer’signoranceorlackofexperiencecontradicttherulesofgoodpractice. Insummary,therearetwowaysofusing“baseon”–activeorpassive. Active:Somebodybasessomethingonsomething. E.g.Climatologistsbasetheirpredictionsaboutclimatechangeoncomputersimulations. Passive:Somethingisbasedonsomething. E.g.Predictionsaboutclimatechangearebasedoncomputersimulations.  Woparciuo/Opierającsięna Woparciuo/Opierającsięnacanbetranslatedas“onthebasisof”or“basedon”. Thereisnosuchphraseas“onthebaseof”. WRONG Forthepurposesofthisagreement“Employee”alsomeansapersonactingforthecompanyonthebaseofafreelanceagreement,agencyagreementorothercivillawcontract. RIGHT Forthepurposesofthisagreement“Employee”alsomeansapersonactingforthecompanyonthebasisofafreelanceagreement,agencyagreementorothercivillawcontract. Thereisnosuchphraseas“basingon”. WRONG Basingonthedocumentationyousentus,webelieveyourclaimhasagoodchanceofsuccess. RIGHT Basedon/Onthebasisofthedocumentationyousentus,webelieveyourclaimhasagoodchanceofsuccess. Sharethis:FacebookLinkedInLikethis:LikeLoading... Related ThisentrywaspostedinDlaPolakówandtaggedClearandconcisewriting,Usefuleverydayphrases,Verbs.Bookmarkthepermalink. ←Howtotranslate“naszadzisiejsza rozmowa” Whenisitcorrecttouse“to”plus–ing?(part 1)→ 5Responsesto“Baseon”,“basedon”,“onthebasisof” etc fayleesays: January30,2019at9:18pm whatiswrongwith “Climatologistsbasetheirpredictionsaboutclimatechangeoncomputersimulations.”?? thanks Reply barnabyharwardsays: February25,2019at11:56am Nothing–it’sfine. Reply Brabetinzsays: February23,2019at2:37am Ireallylikehowitwasexplained,it’sveryeasytounderstandthistimebecauseitwassimpleAndclear. Reply NinjaTunasays: May7,2020at12:54pm Howabout“Itwasasuccessfulprocessbase/basedonourrecord”or“Itisasuccessfulprocessbase/basedonourrecord”?Isitbaseorbasedforallcasesoritfollowsthetenseofthepreviousverseofthesentence? Reply barnabyharwardsays: May7,2020at3:09pm Itis“basedon”inbothcasesbecauseyouareusingthepassivevoice. Here’sanotherexampleinthepassivevoice:“Thefilmis/wasbasedonthebook”(present/pastsimplepassive). Andhere’sanexampleintheactivevoice:“Thedirectorbasedthefilmonthebook”(pastsimpleactive). Reply LeaveaReplyCancelreply Enteryourcommenthere... Fillinyourdetailsbeloworclickanicontologin: Email(required)(Addressnevermadepublic) Name(required) Website YouarecommentingusingyourWordPress.comaccount. ( Log Out /  Change ) YouarecommentingusingyourTwitteraccount. ( Log Out /  Change ) YouarecommentingusingyourFacebookaccount. ( Log Out /  Change ) Cancel Connectingto%s Notifymeofnewcommentsviaemail.Notifymeofnewpostsviaemail. 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