Building on from [Zhen Lin's answer to "The grammar of ~かれ~かれ"][1], Brief explanation of Zero-nominalisation: > Nominalisation refers to the process of turning a word, or more generally a phrase, into a noun or noun phrase. For example, こと and もの are nominalisers for verb phrases. Zero-nominalisation is when the nominalisation happens without an overt word. Previously being examined: > 良かれ悪しかれ has a modern grammar rendition: >> [a] よいにしろ悪いにしろ > It is observed that the declension of the adjective is い instead of く as one would normally expect of い-adjectives when used with a verb. > Zero-nominalisation accounts for this idiosyncratic behaviour. <b>Question:</b> - Why does zero-nominalisation occur? - Why do the adjectives in [a] not take on the `く` declension (along with deletion of the に particle)? Would よくしろ悪くしろ still be grammatical? - In what other instance(s) (if any) is zero-nominalisation appropriate? [1]: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/4469/542