Talk:Nominalization

Erasure

"He got an erasure, which was shaped like a Lego." A what? Did somebody mean eraser? 86.154.56.36 (talk) 10:00, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know whether this constitues a violation or not, but a few of the examples given seem to be taken verbatim from this book:

Williams, Joseph. Style Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Ltd., 1995 (paperback).

Here are the ones I saw which exactly (or closely) matched examples given in the book:

"The police are conducting an investigation into the matter. The police are investigating the matter." (book p.31)
"These arguments all depend on a single, unproven claim. This decision can lead to costly consequences." (book p.33)
"I do not understand either her meaning or his intentions. I do not understand either what she meant or what he intends." (not identical but very similar, book p.33)
some of the shorter examples earlier in the article (ex "applicability (from applicable)") but these seem less offending than entire sentences

That's because he invented the word. I doubt there really needs to be such an article, or that the idea is gaining wider usage. --139.80.123.34 (talk) 01:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]