Question on native tone about " a of b" " b's a" or else

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Hi, I really like to know how native speakers tend to look these kind of sentences:

"A involves the termination of B"
"The characterization of C involves the use of....."

I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?

Because I tend to use "A terminate B" "C uses ...to characterize", you get the idea.
Are these ways too childish or something?

I hope to learn the rhetoric way the native speakers present things because I want to be more persuasive and fluent in English, but this describing tone (or tone of description?) always frustrates me.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Yours is a good question.

"A involves the termination of B" "The characterization of C involves the use of....."

I have a hard time reading sentences involving this "V+tion(n.) of" way of writing, but I see them frequently.
Is this a better/more rhetoric way to express things?-- It is a more formal style which traditionally has been a part of academic/scientific writing in particular, but which has more recently come under fire as turgid. Still, many academicians (but few good writers) are enamoured of it.

Because I tend to use "A terminate B" "C uses ...to characterize", you get the idea.
Are these ways too childish or something?-- These are not at all childish; this is the preferred, a more direct and succinct method being recommended by more and more stylists.

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