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This sentence is indicative of [[adjectivisation]]. <br>
This sentence is indicative of [[adjectivisation]]. <br>
This one indicates elegant prose.
This one indicates elegant prose. <br>
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*[[nominalisation]]
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The crime of taking a perfectly good verb and converting it into an adjective, and sticking an inferior verb in front of it. Often used with the passive and the word of.

This sentence is indicative of adjectivisation.
This one indicates elegant prose.

See also

Plain English Anatomy™ Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb | Preposition | Conjunction | Latin | Germany | Flannel | Legal triplicate | Nominalisation | Murder your darlings This was the 1,900th substantive article posted on this site, at 16:18pm on August 30, 1917.