The latter claim is shown as follows: assertions of the form ‘S is P’[8] involve the relevant mode of being of the significate of the predicate (henceforth ‘of the predicate’). In assertions where real accidents are predicated (e.g., being white, running, etc.), the relevant mode of being of the predicate is actual existence; therefore, their truth-makers must be real things in the external world (Ebbesen 1987: 160). Likewise, in assertions where logical intentions are predicated (e.g., belong