An unmarked modifier implies that in a property such as height or lenght possesses on indefinite upper limit. The marked modifier carries no such implication. Harris asked sudjects to give numerical response to a set of 32 question employing 16 pairs of marked and unmarked adjective and adverbs. For example, subjects were asked,"How light was the set of weights?" (marked). For 14 of the 16 modifier pairs, the subjects' mean numerical estimates were in the predicted direction. these were hypothetical question, however; no concrete stimuli were involved, and therefor, there was no possibility that memory was involved.