By 
Helen Sword
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TED-Ed Original

Beware of nominalizations (AKA zombie nouns)

Few mistakes sour good writing like nominalizations or as Helen Sword likes to call them zombie nouns. Zombie nouns transform simple and straightforward prose into verbose and often confusing writing. Keep your nouns away from elongating nominalizations!

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