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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is this correct word?
Is BASED the right word to use?
John is an 70% shooter for his career. (based on 6 games) He's played 6 games professionally since the start of his career.
Sam is a 49% shooter for his career. (based on 400 games) He's played 400 games throughout his career.
How would you say this?
The following stats are from a survey based on a 1000 people.
The following stats are compiled from a survey based on a 1000 people.
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John is an 70% shooter for his career. (based on 6 games) He's played 6 games professionally since the start of his career.
Sam is a 49% shooter for his career. (based on 400 games) He's played 400 games throughout his career.
How would you say this?
The following stats are from a survey based on a 1000 people.
The following stats are compiled from a survey based on a 1000 people.
TY
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Anonymous Is BASED the right word to use? This works for your parenthetical expression. I'd say it's casual.
- Anonymous Is BASED the right word to use?
- This works for your parenthetical expression.
- I'd say it's casual.
- The way you use it, it's not a grammatical part of the sentence.
- ) Anonymous The following stats are from a survey based on a 1000 people.
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AnonymousIs BASED the right word to use?This works for your parenthetical expression. I'd say it's casual. The way you use it, it's not a grammatical part of the sentence. (But it's definitely the right word!)
AnonymousThe following stats are from a survey based on a 1000 people.
The following stats are compi
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