*Think of your spelling rules when adding a suffix to your base word e.g. hug-hugs, hugged, hugging. Now it’s your turn to practise your rules.
A verb or an adjective can often be changed to a noun. This process is called nominalisation. The writer (you) expresses an idea by using the noun form rather than the verb form. It makes your writing more formal and less personal e.g. useful when writing informative texts.