[Grammar] Based or Basing

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synthart

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How is better to write?

"Based on the test results students independently make decision whether to move further or to return and repeat little-understood material"

or

"Basing on the test results students independently make decision whether to move further or to return and repeat little-understood material"
 

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[STRIKE]How is better to write?[/STRIKE] Which is better?

[Neither is very good.]

"Basing their decisions on their test results, students independently decide whether to move further or to return and repeat little-understood material."

End every sentence with the correct punctuation mark.

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Say:

Based on their test results, students decide whether to move further or to return and repeat poorly understood material.
 

Rover_KE

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synthart, can you see the word Thank in the bottom left corner of every post?

Just click on that instead of thinking you need to quote our replies back to us and write a thank you letter for every reply.
 
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