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1.1     ! root        1: Nominalizations        are nouns that have been created from verbs.
        !             2: This  program  counts nouns ending in "ion," "ment," "ence,"
        !             3: and "ance,"   e.g.,  "transformation,  "establishment,"         and
        !             4: "admittance," as nominalizations.
        !             5: 
        !             6:      Because nominalizations make sentences hard to read and
        !             7: add unnecessary        words, you should try to avoid them whenever
        !             8: possible.  Compare "a" and "b":
        !             9: 
        !            10:   a.  The book is a description        of African wildlife.
        !            11: 
        !            12:   b.  The book describes African wildlife.
        !            13: 
        !            14: Because        of the nominalization, "description," "a" has  three
        !            15: more words than        "b" and isn't as direct.
        !            16: 
        !            17:      To        find all the sentences  with  nominalizations,  type
        !            18: the following command after this program is finished.
        !            19: 
        !            20:                     style -N filename
        !            21: 
        !            22:      To        find all the sentences containing either a   passive
        !            23: verb  and  a  nominalization or        more than one nominalization
        !            24: type:
        !            25: 
        !            26:                     style -n filename.

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