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〜の(名詞化)

JLPT N4 Nominalizers and decisions

the act of doing (nominalizer)

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の turns a verb clause into a noun so it can take particles. With verbs of perception like 見える and 聞こえる, and with 好き, 上手, and 忘れる, の is preferred over こと. こと is preferred in formal definitions and with です.

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