a fixed-case strategy in equative constructions in which there is a clause which attributes a gradable predicative scale to the comparee, and the standard is expressed as a nominal modifier of a word denoting degree, manner, or quantity. Example: Harar Oromo isíin akká isaaní d'eertuu She is as tall as them is an instance of the degree equative strategy, with the predicate d'eertuu is tall, and the standard, isaaní they [gen], modifies akká manner. (Section 17.2.4)