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"Based on" vs "Based off"



 
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"Based on" vs "Based off" #1 (permalink) Wed May 30, 2007 10:58 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

Hi,
Could you please tell me if there is any difference in those two words?

I feel those are contradictory to each other.

"I'd like to leave the legal entity loading based off the production month control".
In which context the word is used here?

Can you clarify?

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"Based on" vs "Based off" #2 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 0:45 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

I'd suggest 'based off' and 'based on' are antinomic too. Your sentence might mean "I'd like to leave the legal entity loading not based on the production month control".
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"Based on" vs "Based off" #3 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 1:35 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

I just wish people don't write like that...I can't even understand what it says...
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"Based on" vs "Based off" #4 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 2:39 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

Me too! Dear Diverhank. Smile
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"Based on" vs "Based off" #5 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 6:10 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

Ohh...but When I tried searching this on web, wherever it was used it seemed to be "based on". I feel "based off" could be another way of saying "based on" hee hee hee

some examples..
C++ is based off C
ParseXML creates the DOM based off of an xml file passed to it
Firefox 1.0 likely to be based off the 1.7 branch

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"Based on" vs "Based off" #6 (permalink) Thu May 31, 2007 6:37 am   "Based on" vs "Based off"
 

I would still like to suggest that the 'based off' and 'based off of' in your computer science and technology examples as well give out a sense of deflection as 'off' indicates instead of being supported by or in contact with as 'on' manifests.
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