Nominalizations
Use the following noun endings
-ance (allowance, importance) -sion (decision, transmission)
-ence (competence, coherence) -ity (conformity, capability)
-ment (agreement, management) -ness (happiness, resourcefulness)
-tion (communication, reduction) -ing (the editing, the parsing)
Often follow or precede a prepositional phrase
Often follow “to be”
1. Global production is in expansion.
2. This is a perfect demonstration of...
3. The purpose of the class is the improvement of your English.
4. DistribSoft allows for the installing and updating of software.
5. Hartmut made a decision.