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 …

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 …

Dec 19, 2024 · The first sentence "I have no idea what you were talking about.", is likely more common, but has three issues: Depending on the context, it can come across as a little bit …

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 …

Feb 20, 2018 · American English has a tendency toward a certain overflow of prepositions (sometimes attached to the verb, sometimes without). It's the same phenomenon as in …

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" …

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 …

This may be a valid distinction now, but I think in the 19th century rapping may have had the same meaning that knocking has today- basing this off of The Raven - “While I nodded, nearly …