Nominalizations in academic writing

Nominalization - Forming a noun from a verb or adjective

ex. Truth --> True

By deleting the presence of a human agent within a given sentence, it can assist in maintaining an impersonal tone, hence it is associated with academic writing.

Some writers believe that one of the key strategies for achieving information density in academic writing as well as objectivity is through nominalization.

Nominalizations significantly increase the general volume of information in an economical way and contribute to the objectivity of the text, being a marker of academic writing.

References - https://www.enago.com/academy/

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