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Nominalisation for formality

Structure:

verb/adjective → noun form (investigate → investigation, efficient → efficiency)

Academic and formal writing favours nouns over verbs: 'the investigation of' rather than 'when they investigated'.

Example:

An investigation into the causes of the failure revealed significant compliance issues.

Examples

An investigation into the causes of the failure revealed significant compliance issues.

Question 1 of 20 correct

Which grammar pattern does this sentence use? "An investigation into the causes of the failure revealed significant compliance issues."

Absolute construction (nominative absolute)

Absolute construction: All things considered

Absolute construction: The matter having been settled

Advanced affixation: noun and adjective suffixes

Advanced affixation: productive prefixes