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What are nominalisations and why are they used in formal writing?
« on: March 29, 2015, 09:10:38 pm »
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Here's a great YouTube video on nominalisations (a crucial feature of formal language!), which no doubt you'll find interesting. Recall that nominalisations are when you convert a verb to a noun (e.g. investigate to investigation).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNlkHtMgcPQ

Why are nominalisations used in formal writing?

Compare these two examples:
1. He destablised the economy, which caused adverse effects.
2. The destablisation of the economy caused adverse effects.

What do you think?
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