On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:20:59 -0500, David H. Burns wrote:

> It's a noun made from an adjective. An attribute is also a noun. But a
> noun can be part of an
> "adjective phrase", i.e. "the depth *of transparency* ..." Here the noun
> "depth" is modified by
> the adjectival prepositional phase which contains the noun
> "transparency". Languages are capable of an almost infinite variety of
> such structures which gives them their power.

Oh, right - I had a brain cramp. :-)  Yeah, an attribute would be a 
noun.  :-)

Jim

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