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Subject:RE: synonym for "based" as in "based on"? From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:26:13 -0400
Sorry, I don't like the new version.
HOW is it based on it?
- The design of the tool is based on the design of the report. It looks the
same but the content is different.
- The content is based on the report. it looks different, but the
information is either the same or derived from the data in the report.
- You use the web page the same way as the report, even though it looks
different and the data is different.
- WHAT report?
Off the top of my head, how about something like this:
"Online is a web-based tool derived from the content of the _____ report"
John Posada
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From: cpwinter -at- rahul -dot- net [mailto:cpwinter -at- rahul -dot- net]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 1:07 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: synonym for "based" as in "based on"?
On 30 Sep 2002, at 11:24, Ruby Isaacs wrote:
>
> What is a good synonym for the word "based" as in the phrase "based on"?
>
> A client has inserted the phrase "based on" after the phrase "Web-based
> tool" in an introductory sentence. I'd like to keep the phrase "Web-based
> tool" because I think most people will understand it.
>
> Here is the current text:
> "... Online is a Web-based tool based on the report ...."
>
> Before the client changed it, the old text stated:
> "... Online is a Web-based tool that provides statistical data from the
> report ...."
>
> Thanks.
> Ruby
>
>
There are several. "Dependent on" is the one that springs to my mind --
as in "a Web-based tool dependent on...". You may think that sounds a
little too academic. So do I.
Other possibilities: "Founded on"; "built on", "making use of";
"employing". As well as their variants, of course.
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