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[[Nominalisation]] is the act, as adored by [[mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] as it is loathed by anyone who cares for the English language, of emasculating a perfectly usable {{tag|verb}} by converting it into a {{tag|noun}} (or {{tag|adjective}}) and jamming a more boring {{tag|verb}} in front of it.  
[[Nominalisation]] is the act, as adored by [[mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] as it is loathed by anyone who cares for the English language, of gutting a precise {{tag|verb}}, by converting it into a {{tag|noun}} and jamming a general {{tag|verb}} in front of it.  


Or should I say:
Or should I say:


:''[[Nominalisation]] is the act, which induces adoration in [[mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] as much as it effects a sensation of loathing in anyone having a fondness for the English language, of vouchsafing the emasculation of a perfectly usable {{tag|verb}} by effecting its conversion into a {{tag|noun}} (or {{tag|adjective}}) and ensuring the jammery of a more boring {{tag|verb}} in front of it.''
:''[[Nominalisation]] is the act, which induces adoration in [[mediocre lawyer|solicitors]] as much as it effects a sensation of loathing in anyone having a fondness for the English language, of ensuring the evisceration of a precise {{tag|verb}} by effecting its conversion into a {{tag|noun}} (or {{tag|adjective}}) and ensuring the jammery of a general {{tag|verb}} in front of it.''


Dead give aways: the string “''ion of''
Dead give aways: the string “''ion of''