C.16.Q:9 - Consequences

Benefits. This pattern makes evaluative language auditable across phenomenology, engineering, and search and selection contexts. It also makes subsequent wording repair easier because one explicit quality-term repair form carries the open ambiguity while a reference to the applicable endpoint pattern closes it.

Trade-offs and mitigations. The pattern adds drafting overhead and can feel heavy in exploratory notes. Mitigation: allow bare quality in Plain commentary during exploration, but require repair before the term enters Tech and normative, boundary, selector, or assurance use.