Nominalisation

I’d never heard of nominalisation until recently taking an interest in strategic business writing. 

Nominalisation is turning a verb into a noun. 

Grammar reminder:  the verb is the action word; the noun is a thing or person. 

Example, with “consider” as the nominalised verb: 

• The committee considered all the information, or

• The committee took all the information into consideration.

Nominalisation has added in another verb, “took”.

So, while not wrong, it inadvertently adds complexity to the sentence, making it longer and more convoluted.

Some consider it less personal and more authoritative, which is probably valid in business and technical writing.