Tuesday, 19 January 2016

No such word as "vandalisation" exists in English

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 I got this from a popular blog, today: "Buhari threatens to deal with Niger Delta militants over renewed vandalization of oil pipelines" Sorry, there is no such word as "vandalisation" in English. No! No! No! What you have is "vandalism". Other forms that can be derived are "vandal" and "vandalise". A "vandal"(noun) is someone who, deliberately, destroys things. The verb form of it is "vandalise". The abstract noun from that is, then, "vandalism" (not "vandalisation", please). I hope you now know better?
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  1. haywhy20 January 2016 at 22:56

    The word "vandalisation" does exist in English.
    You can check this link http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/vandalization?q=vandalisation for more clarification sir.

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