Nominalisation
Nominalisation — academic style
He failed → his failure; they decided → the decision; it increased rapidly → a rapid increase. Turning verbs and adjectives into nouns — the key to academic style.
verb → noun and adjective → noun
He failed → his failure
They decided → the decision (they made a decision)
It is difficult → the difficulty
The government decided to raise taxes → The government’s decision to raise taxes caused unrest.
the of-genitive and denser sentences
Prices rose quickly → The rapid rise in/of prices alarmed analysts.
He refused to cooperate → his refusal to cooperate
The economy collapsed → the collapse of the economy
👉 Common endings: -tion/-sion (decision, expansion), -ment (development), -al (refusal), -ure (failure), -ance/-ence (appearance, existence), -ity (ability), -ness (awareness).
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