Representing actions with nouns
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Forms of nominalisation | page 1 of 8 |
Introduction
This file introduces some of the main differences between speech and
writing, and outlines the three main types of nominalisation .
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Introduction
Differences between spoken and written English
Three different types of nominalisation
Verb to noun
Verb to -ing form (commonly called gerunds)
Another type of verb-to-noun nominalisation
Adjective to noun
Clause to noun