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 on their teachers' …

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 is …

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 remainder of the …

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.

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 ripples were …

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 decision he …

Apr 20, 2018 · In the short story "In the Eye of the Beholder" by Jeffrey Archer there's a sentence that goes: By the time Gian Lorenzo had began his apprenticeship, Paolo had been appointed captain of …

Metaphorically, your point of view is governed by your where you are, your vantage point, so you might find it easier to grasp the idiom by considering, say, I understand your position [on the subject under …

Apr 25, 2023 · It doesn't seem natural to me to use I can tell if the speaker was one of the group, because they would have formed their opinion during the trip. You would only use it if you didn't go …

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" and "prefer". …