Monday, July 14, 2014

based around, based off of/based on: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Monday, July 14, 2014

based around, based off of/based on 
You can build a structure around a center; but bases go on the bottom of things, so you can’t base something around something else.

Similarly, you can build something off of a starting point, but you can’t base anything off of anything. Something is always based on something else.

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