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Just read [this
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and it reminded me of something I'd been meaning to ask.

> 私、そんなに悪いことしてるおぼえないんだけど...
>
> I don't remember doing such bad things but...

Is the lack of a nominaliser on してる an error in my book or is there a reason
this grammar is allowed? The book seems to be written in a very colloquial
style so I was wondering if it's just natural but lazy Japanese.
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grammar nominalization
Missing nominaliser in this sentence?
You're probably confused because it looks like two verbs together, してる and
覚えない (neg. of 覚える)

But it's actually a relative clause ending in してる, modifying the noun 覚え, with
a particle (は or が) colloquially being dropped between 覚え and ない.

[覚え](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E8%A6%9A%E3%81%88-454303) as a noun here is
definition 2 in this dictionary:

> 記憶に残っている事柄。また、思い当たること。心覚え。「この顔には覚えがある」「身に覚えがない」

So `memory`, `recollection`, etc.
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私、そんなに悪いことしてる **おぼえ** (は)ないんだけど.. I think you parse it now.
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