When did people stop saying, "based on," and start saying "based off of"? It sounds dumb.

I'm not including myself in "people", because I always said based on.

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Based off of some research I did, 6 years ago. šŸ˜‚

Kind of like ā€œon purposeā€ vs ā€œby purposeā€

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Based off of your posts, you’ve been bitching a lot lately!

You must be new here

Idk, there’s a new bitterness that’s kept in. I hope you’re doing okay, friend. 😊

As far as I'm concerned, 'off of' has always been wrong, and will always be wrong.

That's correct.

English people often say stuff like 'he fell off of his bike'. How much 'off off' does it take to fall off a bike? It's daft