Here is a slightly artificial sentence that illustrates the use of a participle phrase with a present participle, with an active meaning: Many companies evaluate students, basing their judgment …

Basing here is the present or active participle; it modifies the Agent of the verb base, the one who performs the action, namely us. Now recast the original proposition into the passive voice, as it …

Aug 14, 2019 · The correct sentence is This is your report based on which you can proceed further. Here, "based on which" is a relative pronoun preceded by a preposition. With the …

Feb 21, 2016 · A basis is reasons or justifications for making a logical argument. On the basis of is used to reference those reasons. On the basis of the General Theory of Relativity, gravity …

Jun 19, 2022 · I just recently came across the phrase "using sth/sth loosely" while watching one of my favorite TV shows. After doing some research, I came across what looks …

You are correct. Use "I base my decisions" for describing repeated situations past, present, and (presumably) future. Use "I based my decisions" for decisions made only in the past.

I have come across it in a Crash Course Astronomy. The context is at around 3:34. Here is the sentence: Zwicky was right for the wrong reason. Could you please rephrase the sentence …

Oct 30, 2023 · Make sure your verbs are in the correct tense - you say "outnumbered", so you must be basing this on data that was collected in the past, but you have used both "preferred" …

May 25, 2021 · The words "on a rolling basis", as it seems to me, might have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used (but I am not sure, as the meaning …

Oct 17, 2024 · As is so, so, so often the case, the meaning depends on context. It could be past tense, describing a behavior pattern that used to hold: back then, I used to support whatever …