Representing actions with nouns

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Introduction

This file contains examples of the types of writing in which students are most likely to encounter instances of nominalisation .

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square.gif (58 bytes) Introduction
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Understanding heavily nominalised text
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Problems with the form
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Inappropriate collocations
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Word class confusion: nouns and verbs
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Word class confusion: nouns and adjectives
06studpr.gif (552 bytes) Summarising nouns