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)

Possible copyright violation

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

--WayneMokane 19:01, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

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)