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Learner matches the density of nominalisation to the job the sentence is doing, using more of it in claims and analysis and less in examples and narrative.
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Six sentences, each with its job named. Does the writing suit it?
Job: a claim. The decline in manufacturing employment reflects a long shift in global production. Does the writing suit it?
Claims can be dense. Examples should not be. Neither is more formal.
The decline in manufacturing employment reflects a long shift in global production.
A claim about a trend is a claim about abstractions.
Abstractions are nouns. Nothing concrete is being described, so nothing concrete is missing.
Twelve sentences with their job attached. Two break the pattern.
Sort each item into the correct category
Eight sentences with the job named. Four go denser, four go plainer.
1. Claim. Cities are growing fast, and this is putting pressure on water supplies. → The of cities is straining water supplies.
2. Example. In Lagos, the expansion of the informal settlements was rapid. → In Lagos, the informal settlements rapidly.
3. Conclusion. So the council should decide to keep the libraries open. → The evidence supports the of the libraries.
4. Concession. Critics' expression of doubt about the funding model is reasonable. → Critics right to doubt the funding model.
5. Claim. Manufacturing employment declined because production moved abroad. → The in manufacturing employment reflects a shift in production.
6. Example. The closure of the plants caused the departure of many residents. → When the plants , many residents left.
7. Conclusion. The government ought to bring in charges rather than ban cars. → The evidence favours the of charges over an outright ban.
8. Example. Bogotá's operation of the scheme over a decade was a demonstration of its viability. → Bogotá the scheme for a decade and it worked.
Two sentences on one topic, written at two densities on purpose.
Topic: why people are moving out of large cities.
Sentence 1 — a claim. Carry at least one nominalisation. Sentence 2 — an example supporting it. Use a real place, people, and verbs.
Both must be formal. Only the density changes.
One per line, labelled.
Your example has more verbs than your claim. Say why that is right.