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Zombie Nouns [1]

Submitted by jthompson on November 11, 2013 - 8:00am

This video addresses the common but debilitating abuse of language known as nominalizations, or, as Helen Sword characterizes them, zombie nouns. Animation by Bran Dougherty-Johnson.

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November 11, 2013 - 3:00am

Source URL:https://www.pw.org/content/zombie_nouns

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