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Based on OR Using

by saurabhmahajan » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:18 am
Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the activities of an all-female cult that,perhaps early as the sixth century BC, worshipped a goddess known in latin as Bona Dea.


correct answer is to use Using accounts of various ancient writers.
My question is why cant we keep the sentence as it is... i.e based on accounts of various ancient writers.... whats wrong in that ?
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by this_time_i_will » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:21 am
The original sentence means that scholars are based on the account.

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