Full Idea
We can talk of 'grabby' truth conditions (where an object is grabbed before predication) and 'searchy' truth conditions (where the object is included in what is being asserted).
Gist of Idea
'Grabby' truth conditions first select their object, unlike 'searchy' truth conditions
Source
Ned Markosian (A Defense of Presentism [2004], 3.8)
Book Reference
'Persistence: contemporary readings', ed/tr. Haslanger,S/|Kurtz,RM [MIT 2006], p.324
A Reaction
[He credits Tom Ryckman with the terminology] I am inclined to think that the whole of language is 'searchy', even when it appears to be blatantly 'grabby'. Even ostensive reference is an act of hope rather than certainty.