9.1.1.4 Attribution

Attributes often belong to a class of attributes (shape = straight, curved) or to a scale (length = long, short). The class or scale can sometimes be included in the expression, but does not mark the proposition itself. (The towel <feels> damp. The box <weighs> five kilos.)

  • What words are used to indicate an attribute of something?
    found to be, discover to be, turn out to be, be in many ways
  • What words indicate a point on a scale?
  • What words indicate an evaluation of something?