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Nominative case

noun
1.
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.  Synonyms: nominative, subject case.





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... as receiving an action; in the third, as possessing something. So the word bear in these sentences has three different uses. These uses of nouns are called Cases. The use of a noun as subject is called the Nominative Case; its use as object is called the Objective Case; and its use to denote possession ...
— Graded Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg
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... grammar.' Yet it stands to reason, I think, that this must be so with some of the most glaring examples at all events. A moment's reflection will show that one who could write [Greek: apo ho on, k.t.l.], 'from He that is,' etc. (Rev. i. 4), in sheer ignorance that [Greek: apo] does not take a nominative case, would be incapable of writing any two or three consecutive verses of the Apocalypse. The book, after all allowance made for solecisms, shows a very considerable command of the Greek vocabulary, and (what is more important) ...
— Essays on "Supernatural Religion" • Joseph B. Lightfoot
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... speaks of "Mary the mother of James and Joses;" Mark, of "Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph and Salome," but not "of Salome." If Mr. Laing's precise mind had looked for a moment at the text he was criticizing he would have seen that Salome is a common name in the nominative case. St. Luke does not give the names of the women at all. These points are trifling in themselves, but important as evidencing Mr. Laing's ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell
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Words linked to "Nominative case" :   nominative, case, oblique, subject case, grammatical case


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