 Another, example, given by Feldman (1973), can be used to illustrate the somewhat capricious nature of the distinction and its language dependence. He claims that “five-foot garden hose” is an individuative term since no part of it is a five-foot garden hose, but “garden hose” is not individuative. The latter claim requires some qualification. If being a garden hose requires a coupling on one end and a nozzle on the other, then the halves of a garden hose are not garden hoses. If being a garden hose requires neither a nozzle nor coupling, then each half (indeed each nth, up to some n) of a garden hose is a garden hose. If being a garden hose requires a coupling but not a nozzle, then one half of a garden hose is a garden hose but the other is not. Although the differences may be important to the gardener, it is difficult to see anything metaphysically deep here.