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::It is not grammatically incorrect. At worst, it is uncommon. Let me put it this way, though: it would ease my mind very much if you would ask someone on staff about whether it's really worth changing. Thanks. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 10:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | ::It is not grammatically incorrect. At worst, it is uncommon. Let me put it this way, though: it would ease my mind very much if you would ask someone on staff about whether it's really worth changing. Thanks. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 10:25, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
:::I'll take it easy on the mass-editing for now then, but I'll still change "based off"/"based off of" to "based on" if I come across them randomly. "Based on" is definitely favourable, especially in British English. <strike>It's not my fault that America butchered the English language.</strike> '''<span style="color:#F85888;">—<small>★</small></span>[[User:Reshii|<span style="color:#EE99AC;">レシイラム</span>]]'''<sup>'''[[User talk:Reshii|<span style="color:#F16A81;">talk</span>]]'''</sup> 10:34, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | :::I'll take it easy on the mass-editing for now then, but I'll still change "based off"/"based off of" to "based on" if I come across them randomly. "Based on" is definitely favourable, especially in British English. <strike>It's not my fault that America butchered the English language.</strike> '''<span style="color:#F85888;">—<small>★</small></span>[[User:Reshii|<span style="color:#EE99AC;">レシイラム</span>]]'''<sup>'''[[User talk:Reshii|<span style="color:#F16A81;">talk</span>]]'''</sup> 10:34, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
::::[https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/15081/based-on-instead-of-based-off-of I think this may be relevant to this discussion.] [[User talk:SatoMew2|<b><span style="color:#4fd9ff"><span lang="ja">サトミュウ</span> (SatoMew)</span></b>]] 16:29, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | |||