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 :{{plain|have the appearance of being|seem}}<br />
-===[[Effect]]ing a nominalisation: grammatical cross-dressing<ref>Not that there’s anything wrong with cross-dressing, mind.</ref>===
+===[[Effect]]ing the worst kind of nominalisation===
-The worst kind of nominalisation goes a step further: not only must the poor {{tag|verb}} dress up as a noun; an equally unsuspecting {{tag|noun}} must behave like a verb. “[[Effect]]” is this kind of [[nominalisation]]:
+The ''worst'' kind of nominalisation goes a step further: not only must the poor {{tag|verb}} dress up as a noun; an equally unsuspecting {{tag|noun}} must behave like a verb. “[[Effect]]” is this kind of [[nominalisation]]:
 :{{plain|effect the conversion of shares|convert the shares}}