Nominalizations


 
 

Our lack of pertinent data prevented determination of committee action effectiveness in fund targetting to areas of greater assistance need.
 
 

Because we lacked pertinent data, we could not determine whether the committe had targeted funds to areas that needed assistance the most.
 
 
 
Subject
Verb
we lacked
we could not determine
the committee  targeted
areas needed

 
 
 
Verb Nominalization
discover discovery
move movement
resist resistence
react reaction
hope hope

 

There is a need for a reanalysis of our data.

We must reanalyze our data


1) He sees literature's primary function as a manifestation of the realm of imagination.
 
 

2) He is continually obsessed with the longing of death and at times is fascinated with death's particular nature.
 
 

3) For the most part, my relationship with my students has been one of friendship.
 
 

4) There is one further comment of Berkeley's, on another topic, which is also supportive of the above premises
 
 

5) The differences in the presentation and rehersal times may also have some effect on the ressults
 
 

6) During the late 50's and early 60's, a phenomenon is taking place in the family for the first time.
 
 

7) Before 1750, the world was characterized by the lack of any urbanization.
 
 

8) A political philosophy that was evident in all stable preindustrial cities was capitalism.
 

from your papers:

A) With competition resembling oligopoly, a constant struggle to coax viewers from other stations results.
 
 

B) Consulting the proper news source is crucial to the success of one' s mission to gain access to information.
 
 

C) The validity of a source is dependent upon the definition of news.
 
 

D) I tend to construct the definition of news broadly to include any type of information that is new to me.