diff --git a/inform7/Figures/timings-diagnostics.txt b/inform7/Figures/timings-diagnostics.txt
index 3584a7952..fc55a9cf8 100644
--- a/inform7/Figures/timings-diagnostics.txt
+++ b/inform7/Figures/timings-diagnostics.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 100.0% in inform7 run
-     68.0% in compilation to Inter
-         47.7% in //Sequence::undertake_queued_tasks//
-          4.5% in //MajorNodes::pre_pass//
-          3.2% in //MajorNodes::pass_1//
+     68.1% in compilation to Inter
+         47.6% in //Sequence::undertake_queued_tasks//
+          4.6% in //MajorNodes::pre_pass//
+          3.3% in //MajorNodes::pass_1//
           2.3% in //RTPhrasebook::compile_entries//
-          1.8% in //ImperativeDefinitions::assess_all//
+          1.9% in //ImperativeDefinitions::assess_all//
           1.5% in //RTKindConstructors::compile//
           1.0% in //Sequence::lint_inter//
           0.5% in //MajorNodes::pass_2//
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
           0.1% in //Task::make_built_in_kind_constructors//
           0.1% in //Understand::traverse//
           0.1% in //World::stages_II_and_III//
-          2.1% not specifically accounted for
-     29.3% in running Inter pipeline
+          2.0% not specifically accounted for
+     29.2% in running Inter pipeline
          10.2% in step 14/15: generate inform6 -> auto.inf
           7.6% in step 5/15: load-binary-kits
-          6.8% in step 6/15: make-synoptic-module
-          1.5% in step 9/15: make-identifiers-unique
+          6.7% in step 6/15: make-synoptic-module
+          1.6% in step 9/15: make-identifiers-unique
           0.4% in step 12/15: eliminate-redundant-operations
           0.4% in step 4/15: compile-splats
-          0.4% in step 7/15: shorten-wiring
+          0.3% in step 7/15: shorten-wiring
           0.3% in step 8/15: detect-indirect-calls
           0.2% in step 11/15: eliminate-redundant-labels
           0.1% in step 10/15: reconcile-verbs
diff --git a/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/NominalisedVarValue.txt b/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/NominalisedVarValue.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ae940e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/NominalisedVarValue.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Lab is a room.
+
+A prog is a kind of value. 
+The progs are unstarted, progressing, completed.
+A person has a prog.
+The threshold is a prog that varies.
+The threshold is progressing.
+
+When play begins:
+	showme the threshold;
+	now the threshold is completed;
+	showme the threshold.
diff --git a/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/_Results_Ideal/NominalisedVarValue.txt b/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/_Results_Ideal/NominalisedVarValue.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afacf554c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inform7/Tests/Test Cases/_Results_Ideal/NominalisedVarValue.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+   Lab
+  "threshold" = prog: progressing
+  "threshold" = prog: completed
+  Welcome
+  An Interactive Fiction
+  Release 1 / Serial number 160428 / Inform 7 v10.1.0 / D
+  
+  Lab
+  
+> >   Lab
+> Are you sure you want to quit? 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inform7/assertions-module/Chapter 4/Assertions.w b/inform7/assertions-module/Chapter 4/Assertions.w
index 186c2c121..6c11391c7 100644
--- a/inform7/assertions-module/Chapter 4/Assertions.w	
+++ b/inform7/assertions-module/Chapter 4/Assertions.w	
@@ -1036,6 +1036,13 @@ in this case.
 
 @<Case 29 - COMMON NOUN, PROPER NOUN vs ADJECTIVE@> =
 	Refiner::turn_player_to_yourself(px);
+	if ((Node::get_type(px) == PROPER_NOUN_NT) &&
+		(Lvalues::get_nonlocal_variable_if_any(Node::get_evaluation(px)))) {
+		if (Refiner::nominalise_adjective(py)) {
+			Assertions::make_coupling(px, py);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 	if (global_pass_state.pass == 2) Assertions::PropertyKnowledge::assert_property_list(px, py);
 
 @h Case 30. I am in two minds about the next nit-picking error message.