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Old 03-Feb-2008, 00:02
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Default Re: past participle + preposition

I wish to add that ‘based on’ might have been used as an adverb qualifying the verb ‘pre-grams’. Traditionally the adjectival phrase is not used as an adverb or a preposition. It’s either a phrasal verb or a past-participial adjectival phrase. I believe it’s used with the force of and adjective here modifying the noun ‘grammar’.
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