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Phrases starting with “based on” must modify a noun or pronoun that usually immediately precedes or follows the phrase. Use phrases starting ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. basedon/onthebasisof Threadstarter IMBpeter Startdate Sep24,2012 I IMBpeter Member Chinese Choose“basedon”and“onthebasisof”dependingonyourmeaning.Phrasesstartingwith“basedon”mustmodifyanounorpronounthatusuallyimmediatelyprecedesorfollowsthephrase.Usephrasesstartingwith“onthebasisof”tomodifyaverb. Thedoctors’newmethodsinbrainsurgerywerebasedonBenCarson’swork. Onthebasisofthemolecularorbitalcalculations,weproposeamechanismthatcanaccountforallthemajorfeaturesofalkaliandalkalineearthcatalyzedgasification reactions.(notBasedon…) Theabovethreeparagraphsexplainhowtouse“basedon”and“onthebasisof”.Eventhoughtherearetwoexamples,Istillcan’tunderstandit.Couldanyonehelpmewithit? Thanks. Source:Book(TheACSStyleGuideEffectiveCommunicationofScientificInformation).   T t_desales NewMember English-UnitedKingdom Phrasesstartingwith“basedon”mustmodifyanounorpronounthatusuallyimmediatelyprecedesorfollowsthephrase. Clicktoexpand... "Thedoctors’newmethodsinbrainsurgerywerebasedonBenCarson’swork." Here,the"basedon"modifierreferstoBenCarson'swork thenounbeingmodifiedismethodsinbrainsurgery Thenounimmediatelyprecedesthemodifierbasedon AnotherexampleIjustmadeup: BasedonIMFprojections,GDPissettoriseby2%. Here,thebasedonmodifierofthesentenceistheIMFprojections. thenounbeingmodifiedbythe'basedon'isGDP Thatnounimmediatelyfollowsthemodifierbasedon. Thisisaverysimpleruleinpractice,butexplainingitmakeitseemalittlemorecomplicated.   tetulio5 SeniorMember Madrid Spanish-España Hello, Amanislookingcarefullyatthelatestadditionofamodernartobject,andhesays(thinkingaboutowner'sarttaste): 'Onthebasesofthis,itisquiteobviousthathedoesn'thavetaste' 'Basándomeenesto/enbaseaesto,esbastanteobvioquenotienegusto.' Please,couldyoucorrectmymistakes?Thankyousomuch   A-friend SeniorMember Tehran Persian(Farsi) t_desalessaid: "Thedoctors’newmethodsinbrainsurgerywerebasedonBenCarson’swork." Here,the"basedon"modifierreferstoBenCarson'swork thenounbeingmodifiedismethodsinbrainsurgery Thenounimmediatelyprecedesthemodifierbasedon AnotherexampleIjustmadeup: BasedonIMFprojections,GDPissettoriseby2%. Here,thebasedonmodifierofthesentenceistheIMFprojections. thenounbeingmodifiedbythe'basedon'isGDP Thatnounimmediatelyfollowsthemodifierbasedon. Thisisaverysimpleruleinpractice,butexplainingitmakeitseemalittlemorecomplicated. Clicktoexpand... Whatdoyouexactlymeant_desales? Doyoumeanthat"onthebasisof"onlymodifiesanoun(frase),while"onthebasisof"onlymodifiesaverb? Ifso,thesetwophrasescannotbesubstitutedinthefollowingsentences: -The*movie*was"basedon"atruestory. -They*made*thismovie"onthebasisof"areallife. Doyouconfirm? Iwouldappreciateitifyoucouldclarifyyourintentionwithacoupleofsinpleexamples.   Lastedited:Aug10,2019 R RYW NewMember AmericanEnglish RYWsaid: I Clicktoexpand... t_desalessaid: "Thedoctors’newmethodsinbrainsurgerywerebasedonBenCarson’swork." Here,the"basedon"modifierreferstoBenCarson'swork thenounbeingmodifiedismethodsinbrainsurgery Thenounimmediatelyprecedesthemodifierbasedon AnotherexampleIjustmadeup: BasedonIMFprojections,GDPissettoriseby2%. Here,thebasedonmodifierofthesentenceistheIMFprojections. thenounbeingmodifiedbythe'basedon'isGDP Thatnounimmediatelyfollowsthemodifierbasedon. Thisisaverysimpleruleinpractice,butexplainingitmakeitseemalittlemorecomplicated. Clicktoexpand... Inyourexample,shouldn'titbe"onthebasisof"?Isn'titthe"issettorise"thatisbasedonIMFprojections,andnottheGDP?   R RYW NewMember AmericanEnglish tetulio5said: Hello, Amanislookingcarefullyatthelatestadditionofamodernartobject,andhesays(thinkingaboutowner'sarttaste): 'Onthebasesofthis,itisquiteobviousthathedoesn'thavetaste' 'Basándomeenesto/enbaseaesto,esbastanteobvioquenotienegusto.' Please,couldyoucorrectmymistakes?Thankyousomuch Clicktoexpand... Ithinkitshouldbe"basedonthis"sinceitisreferringtothemodernartobjectandnottotheverb.   R RYW NewMember AmericanEnglish A-friendsaid: Whatdoyouexactlymeant_desales? Doyoumeanthat"onthebasisof"onlymodifiesanoun(frase),while"onthebasisof"onlymodifiesaverb? Ifso,thesetwophrasescannotbesubstitutedinthefollowingsentences: -The*movie*was"basedon"atruestory. -They*made*thismovie"onthebasisof"areallife. Doyouconfirm? Iwouldappreciateitifyoucouldclarifyyourintentionwithacoupleofsinpleexamples. Clicktoexpand... Inbothyourexamples,itisstillthemoviethatisbasedonatruestoryoronreallife,andtherefore"onthebasisof"isincorrectinthesecondsentence.Examplesofcorrectusage: ShewasacceptedtoHarvardonthebasisofherhighgradesandwarmrecommendations.(thephrasemodifiestheverb"wasaccepted") Thecoachselectedteammembersonthebasisoftheirskillandperformance.(thephrasemodifiestheverb"selected") seemoreexampleshere: Onthebasisofinasentence(esp.goodsentencelikequote,proverb...).   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top