Nominalization

English
Hierarchy: 
Part: 
Sentence
Scope: 
POS
Regexp: 
\b[A-z]{5,}(acy|age|al|ama|ana|ance|ant|dom|edge|ee|eer|er|ery|ese|ess|ette|fest|ful|hood|iac|ian|ie|y|ion|ism|ist|ite|itude|ity|ium|let|ling|man|woman|mania|ment|ness|o|or|ship|th|tude)_NN(S)?\b
Regexp Flags: 
i
Regexp with Flags: 
/\b[A-z]{5,}(acy|age|al|ama|ana|ance|ant|dom|edge|ee|eer|er|ery|ese|ess|ette|fest|ful|hood|iac|ian|ie|y|ion|ism|ist|ite|itude|ity|ium|let|ling|man|woman|mania|ment|ness|o|or|ship|th|tude)_NN(S)?\b/i
Notes: 
2013.02.06. Added space after _NN(S)? so proper nouns like _NNP are avoided... Need a check if a capitalized noun is really a proper noun? // probably need to remove |ity|y these give nouns that don't have much verb forms like warranty, quality //only abstract nouns longer than 6, there were many matches like "family", "user" that were inappropriate. Nominalizations tend to be longer // length = 6 character + 3 (_NN) added by opennlp
Description: 

Abstract nouns, such as "decision", often have verb forms, "decide", and several experts urge you to use verbs when possible rather than noun forms known as nominalizations. Sentences with many nominalizations usually have weak verbs such as have, make, give and forms of be as the main verbs. Using the action verbs disguised in nominalizations as the main verbs--instead of forms of be--can help to create engaging rather than dull prose. This check aims to identify abstract nouns, but not all will have a verb form.

Example:Bad Nominalization: We conducted an investigation of the funding.Good Sentence: We investigated the funding.

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