Nominalisation: Difference between revisions

Nominalisation (view source)

12 bytes added , 14 December 2018

no edit summary

82,891

edits

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{tag|Nominalisation}} is, itself, a nominalisation of the verb to "nominalise". Goedel would be pleased.
+{{tag|Nominalisation}} — itself, a nominalisation of the verb to "nominalise"<ref>[[Goedel]] would be pleased.</ref> — 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.
-{{plain|[[have visibility of]]|see}}
-{{plain|issue a notification to|tell}}
-{{plain|have a discussion about|discuss}}
-{{plain|we are supportive of|we support}}
-{{plain|have the appearance of being|seem}}<br />
-[[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:
@@ Line 23: / Line 15: @@
 Not that there’s anything wrong with cross-dressing, mind.
+===Examples===
+{{plain|[[have visibility of]]|see}}
+{{plain|issue a notification to|tell}}
+{{plain|have a discussion about|discuss}}
+{{plain|we are supportive of|we support}}
+{{plain|have the appearance of being|seem}}<br />
 {{seealso}}
 *[[Adjectivisation]]