| 单词 | nominative |
| 例句 | That leads to an error called a hypercorrection, in which people use a nominative pronoun in an accusative coordination: Give Al Gore and I a chance to bring America back. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Here are a few of them: The subject of a tensed verb must be in nominative case, such as I, he, she, and they. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It is starting to look like a severe case of nominative determinism: Close but no cigar … Glenn Close: ‘You don’t lose your sexuality as you get older’ 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z “I,” “he,” “she,” “we,” and “they” are in the nominative case, and function as subjects of a sentence or a clause. Comma Queen: “Who/Whom” for Dummies 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z When you put the sentence back together, you use “who” if the pronoun was in the nominative case and “whom” if it was in the objective case. Comma Queen: “Who/Whom” for Dummies 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Hodor: 3/1 – Last seen indulging in a spot of temporal nominative determinism while being killed by White Walkers. Game of Thrones betting guide: who will live, who will die, who will get it on? 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z In the phrase “It was he,” “it” and “he” are the same thing: they’re both the subject, and thus nominative. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z As he knows, the nominative and accusative cases are the reason that we don’t say gibberish like “Her gave it to he and then sat by we here!” Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Perhaps, therefore, this is not so much nominative determinism as a constant reminder to keep his feet up. Nominative determinism: who has the best name in running? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z In fact, it's one of the best cases of nominative determinism we've come across for a while. Five facts about teenage darts sensation Greaves 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The sport’s governing body made a provision for the 2020 Games that allowed athletes to lock up an individual nominative spot if they racked up enough points at World Cup events. Jade Carey’s long road to the Olympics ends with gold 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z The FIG also allowed athletes to earn a nominative individual spot through the organization’s World Cup circuit. American star Simone Biles aims for more history in Tokyo 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Jade Carey earned a nominative spot through the World Cup circuit, meaning she will compete as an individual. History finally at hand, Biles headlines US gymnastics team 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Jade Carey, who earned a nominative individual spot through the World Cup series, is the only gymnast who entered the meet with her spot already secured. What pressure? Biles soars to lead at U.S. Olympic Trials 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Ian Forth gets the nominative determinism chat off to a brilliantly off-key start. Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England second Test, day one – live! 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This phenomenon has secured its own line of scientific research, called nominative determinism. Having the right name at the right, or sometimes wrong, time 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z It is, which is why the FIG announced it will do away with the nominative individual qualifying standard and restore team sizes to five athletes in Paris 2024. American star Simone Biles aims for more history in Tokyo 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Marlie Packer – there’s nominative determinism in action – barrels through for her second try. Women's Rugby World Cup 2017: England v USA – live! 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z There is a theory called nominative determinism, much beloved of students of literature and other idlers. Why it's hard to be a Kevin in France - BBC News 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Speaking of nominative determinism, Ben Stokes is a headline writer’s dream at the moment. Ashes 2017-18: Australia v England second Test, day one – live! 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This phenomenon has secured its own line of scientific research, called nominative determinism. Having the right name at the right, or sometimes wrong, time 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z As nominative determinism goes, Forty Minutes Late was a little understated for the title of a book returned to San Francisco library 100 years late. Library book returned a century late in San Francisco 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z While she’s slurping coconut shrimp with her boyfriend, in a nice curry, she’d get a note from me explaining pronouns in the nominative case. A free vacation? Sure, Dad, let me see what works for my boyfriend 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z There aren’t many better names in football at the moment than Max Power, and this sounds very much like an excellent example of nominative determanism. Chelsea 3-3 Everton, Newcastle 2-1 West Ham and more: clockwatch – as it happened 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z But these results raise interesting questions about the role of "nominative determinism" in influencing human behaviour, including political preferences. Election 2015: What's in a voter's name? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Chris Moneymaker, winner of the 2003 World Series of Poker main event and surely the greatest example of nominative determinism in the game, once remarked: Is Poker a Game of Chance or Skill? 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Many forces are at work in British politics, but nominative determinism may not be one of them. Anti-Immigration Party's Win in U.K. Rings Alarm Bells in Europe 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Similarly, names unable to accommodate the endings required by the nominative, accusative, genitive and dative cases used in Icelandic are also routinely turned down. Icelandic girls can't be called Harriet, government tells family 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z And finally two verbatim emails, one from Clive DuPort, Vale, Guernsey, celebrating our longstanding interest in nominative determinism. The Loop: Falling to Earth 2013-06-21T20:06:14Z Then the nominative ended in S, the accusative in M, and the ablative in U, which obviously indicated Summus, the beginning; Medius, the middle; and Ultimus, the end of all things. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z In the case of masculine weak forms, the plural nominative has dropped the old termination, except in E.H., where it has adopted the oblique plural form for this case also, thus gharan. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The nominative case always agrees with the verb; the people are the verb, we're the nominative case. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z In the meantime we have proper names to argue from; and these give us at least the significant indication that the Hittite nominative ended in s and the accusative in m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z These should be followed by the copulative verb; after which should come the intransitive verb and its nominative in the different tenses, and the transitive with its object in the same way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Can the nominative GOP candidate's "not concerned about the very poor" gaffe open the door to more substantive antipoverty initiatives? Mitt Romney's Poverty Problem 2011-05-16T23:05:00Z The nominative plural of feminine weak forms follows the example of the masculine in E.H. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z With regard to Bethuel, one cannot help thinking that it must be the same as the place-name Bethel, the terminal u of the nominative being retained in the name of Abraham's nephew. The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia 2012-02-02T03:04:35.567Z Herself, hėr-self′, pron. the emphatic form of she in the nominative or objective case: in her real character: having the command of her facilities, sane. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z O is simply the nominative of an article which very frequently is placed before a proper name to give it emphasis, or even for the sake of euphony. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z I made my fifty words express everything I had to say, and to simplify matters only used the verbs in the infinitive and nouns in the nominative. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z The nominative plural is the same as the oblique singular, except in E.H. where it follows the oblique plural. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In G. the nominative and oblique plural for all nouns are formed by adding ō to the oblique form singular, but in the neuter strong forms the oblique singular is nasalized. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z I, ī, pron. the nominative case singular of the first personal pronoun: the word used by a speaker or writer in mentioning himself: the object of self-consciousness, the ego. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z But through the influence of the masculine and feminine forms the neuter took the same oblique cases, and like its own singular made the accusative the same as the nominative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z He was at times considerably incoherent; a few of his sentences made the nominative seem as if it were swaggering toward its verb. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z We thus get the following summary, illustrating the way in which these nominative and oblique forms are made. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The feminine has ẫ both in the nominative and in the oblique plural. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Some intransitive verbs require a predicate noun or pronoun in the nominative case, or an adjective, to complete their meaning. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z The primitive Indo-European noun possessed at least eight cases—nominative, accusative, vocative, instrumental, dative, genitive, ablative and locative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z In Anglo-Norman the accusative forms very early begin to replace the nominative, and soon supersede them, the language following the tendency of contemporaneous English. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z The nominative plural of feminine strong forms exhibits some irregularities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z The form of the signature may be a nominative with a verb, a nominative without a verb or a genitive. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The nominative case is used in the following ways: 1. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z You would be as ungrammatical in West Somerset as thee is in classical English; and both you and thee, as nominatives singular, would have been equally ungrammatical in Early English. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Footnote 7: Lithuanian forms, with nominative ending in s and as. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The nominative who does not perhaps occur as a simple relative, but has the force of whoso, or he who, as e.g., in l. 1102; or else it is used interrogatively, as in l. 1172. Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance 2011-07-27T02:00:29.703Z He is either nominative or dative, the latter appointed by the court and corresponding in most respects to the English administrator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It is then said to be nominative independent; as, Mr. Brown, a gentleman wishes to speak to you. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z With the exception of the nominative, the various forms of the noun are all attributive; there is no difference, for example, between “doing a thing” and “doing badly.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The nominative is the same in both cases. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z Vacancies among the life members, after the dissolution of the National Assembly, were filled by the Senate until 1884, when the nominative system was abolished, though the survivors of it were not disturbed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z The subject is always in the nominative case. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z A noun in apposition with another noun in the nominative case is also in the nominative case; as, Mr. Brown, the manager, is very capable. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z It is more like the Greek Ge, which is often suffixed to the nominative substantives. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z He will be known by no other name at sea, for when the jolly tars are in the nominative case, the designation they give a man always clings to him. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z Rich Ricci is just a prime example of the theory of nominative determinism. The price of a good name 2011-03-08T13:56:42Z The instruction book shows this in the following manner:—Brother = frat-, but because every substantive in the nominative ends in o, therefore frato = brother. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Write a sentence containing a noun and one containing a pronoun in each of the following uses of the nominative case: 1. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z There is another particle wa for the nominative, its position is the same. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Mr. Hinchford, who had always one thought uppermost, understood this at once—there was no necessity for any nominative cases—"Boy Sid" always understood! Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z In adopting an original nominative for the series, the object has been to convey definite general impressions. Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends 2011-02-04T03:00:18.247Z The word will be in the nominative if that quality, which it did not before possess, or was not known to possess, is being given to the object. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z In apposition with another noun in the nominative case. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Müller in the Australian languages between the subjective and the predicative nominative. Basque Legends With an Essay on the Basque Language 2011-01-11T03:00:33.670Z In the case of intransitive verbs, the suffixes may represent the nominative and not the instrumental case of the pronoun, and hence the conjugation is somewhat different. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The name Tara is derived from an oblique case of the nominative Teamhair, meaning “the place of the wide prospect.” Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Je, with the nominative, is generally used before the complement of the adjectives "deep, high, long, thick, wide," but the accusative without a preposition is equally correct. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The principal use of the nominative case is as subject of the sentence; as, Noun: The business is prosperous. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Blotted and smudged and sprawling though it ultimately appeared, Michael felt a great satisfaction in having dealt successfully with two nominatives, two accusatives and a verb. Sinister Street, vol. 1 There is no case of the agent, as in Hindostani; the subject of all tenses of all verbs being always in the nominative case. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Later grammarians confined the term to nouns, and included the nominative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" There are only two cases: nominative and accusative; the latter is obtained from the nominative by the addition of the termination n. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Such a noun is in the nominative case, and is called a predicate nominative, or a subjective complement; as, Noun: Mr. Brown is the manager. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Use commas before conjunctions in a sentence made up of separate clauses, each with its own subject nominative, as, The horse is old, but it is still willing. The Style Book of The Detroit News The old singulars survive in poetry and in the speech of villagers, but even here the nominative has disappeared and new nominatives have been formed from the oblique bases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The legislative council is a consultative body, partly elective, partly nominative. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Be careful to note that the second term in a comparison is in the nominative or accusative, according as it is the subject or complement, e.g., The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z They have the same form in the nominative and objective cases, and are not used in the possessive case. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z We know that the subject must assume the form of the nominative, the object that of the accusative. Lectures on The Science of Language In Mth. the nominative plural is also the oblique form of the genitive singular, and in Bh. and Mg. it is the oblique form of the genitive plural. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The feeling of Self is the nominative, the naming case, in the syntax of consciousness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Prepositions and case.—In contrast to prepositions in English, which govern the accusative case, all prepositions in Esperanto govern the nominative case. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z There are three cases: the nominative, the objective, and the possessive. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z But what this ος and is represent, why they should have the power of changing a nominative into a genitive, a subject into a predicate, remains a riddle. Lectures on The Science of Language The construction requires the objective case in place of I, which is in the nominative. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected She secures the nominative in her spiritual syntax. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Prepositional expressions.—Adverbs are not unfrequently followed by prepositions, thus forming prepositional expressions which take the nominative case, like simple prepositions. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z But mark you, Constance, the next time our lips touch, you will find yourself in the nominative case, while I meekly fill an objective position. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part It is self-evident that each language, in order to be a language, must be able to distinguish the subject from the object, the nominative from the accusative. Lectures on The Science of Language In both these instances am or is must be mentally supplied at the end of the phrase, to suggest the meaning; and the pronouns should, therefore, be in the nominative case. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Raven, as a writer of English, paused to make a mental note that, in cases of extreme emotion, the nominative case, after the verb to be, is practically no good. Old Crow N.B.—With some verbs al is often used with the complement in the nominative, when in English we omit the preposition, as:—Li konsilis al mi fari tion = He advised me to do that. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The statement made in nearly all the grammars that hunde occurs as a nominative and accusative plural is without foundation. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary Even in Greek and Latin there is no outward distinction between the nominative and accusative of neuters. Lectures on The Science of Language “Moth and rust” make a plural nominative to “doth corrupt,” a singular verb. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected Dorion also criticized adversely the change in the constitution of the Upper Chamber, from the elective to the nominative system. George Brown In this sentence "moneybox" is the subject of the verb, therefore, it is in the nominative case. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Each of them, except the nominative, may be governed by prepositions. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary What we learn therefore at school in being taught that rex in the nominative becomes regem in the accusative, is simply a practical rule. Lectures on The Science of Language Other idioms, which have generally been confounded with those last mentioned, have the indeterminate pronoun preceded by a nominative absolute. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Or something about: Sweet cowslips grace, the nominative case, And She's of the feminine gender. Amaryllis at the Fair There are three cases called the nominative, objective, and possessive. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses But it seems best to consider the vocative as only a function of the nominative form. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary The old name is Ériu in the nominative, more recently Éire. Lectures on The Science of Language If a vowel comes before us in the nominative case of an adjective, the comparison is made by magis, more, and maximè, most. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Cancrum is an odd grammatical blunder; being, in reality, nothing but the accusative of Cancer, put instead of the nominative. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 How are the nominative and objective cases distinguished? Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses The nominative is the only case in O.E. that is never governed by a preposition. Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary French dialects, number of, 58. laws of change in the French language, 73. nominatives and accusatives, 119. Lectures on The Science of Language O! of one exclaiming, is joined to a nominative, accusative, and vocative case, as O lex! The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Thus, in forming the nominative and dative plural of many nouns, the syllables an and ibh are added to the singular, which letters fully express the true sound of these terminations. Elements of Gaelic Grammar When the noun does something it is in the nominative case and is called the subject of the verb. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses After distinct and ready knowledge of the verb and nominative case has been acquired, the pupil should be taught to distinguish the object of an action, or, in other words, the objective or accusative case. Practical Education, Volume II Who was the first to give any thought to language?—to distinguish between its component parts, between nouns and verbs, between articles and pronouns, between the nominative and accusative, the active and passive? Lectures on The Science of Language Greek nominatives and plural neuters, For lists of which consult your tutors. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue If the last vowel of the nominative singular is broad, an alone is added for the nominative plural; as, lamh-an hands, cluas-an ears. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Let a euphonic influence eject the -t, as often as the word occurs in the nominative case. A Handbook of the English Language It is a use of quaint and antique forms, not grammatically correct nor scriptural, in which "thee" takes the place of "thou" and you in the singular, both in the nominative and objective cases. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study For, indeed, the distinction between noun and verb, between active and passive, between nominative and accusative, does not help us much towards a scientific analysis of language. Lectures on The Science of Language An, from a nominative in a Ending a word is short, they say, But every an for long must pass Derived from nominative in as. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Hence the last vowel of the nominative, or in general of any declinable word, may be called the characteristic vowel. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Let the nominative case be erroneously considered to represent the root, or radical, of the word. A Handbook of the English Language The municipality is partly elective and partly nominative, the majority of the officials being of native birth, and so far as a casual visitor may judge, affairs are managed economically and judiciously. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The nominative or the subject of a sentence is always placed at the beginning. Lectures on The Science of Language E, or i, are the ablative’s ends,—mark my song, While or to the nominative case doth belong; For the neuter aforesaid we settle it thus: The plural is ora; the singular us. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Christ, which has the gen. like the nominative. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Let a derivative word be formed accordingly, i.e., on the notion that the nominative form and the radical form coincide. A Handbook of the English Language The nominative of direct address, and phrases in the nominative absolute construction are cut off by commas. English: Composition and Literature Every noun has sixteen cases, and the suffixes alter so much, one hardly recognises the more complicated as the outcome of the original nominative. Through Finland in Carts Neither has it a nominative case before it; nor, indeed, has it any more business with one than a toad has with a side pocket. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue Dream f. people, race, gean m. humour, have their genitive like the nominative. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The Greek imparisyllabics eject a part of the root in the nominative case; the radical forms being h�mat- and s�mat-, not h�m-and s�m-. A Handbook of the English Language The Greek takes sadai as breasts and nominative to the verb: Do the breasts of the rock give out?—not a bad figure. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 I want you to notice the formula, by which the landscape, ceasing to be the accusative of the man's looking and thinking, becomes the nominative of a verb to be so-and-so. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics They are thus ticketed—nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, vocative, and ablative. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The dative plural is formed either from the nominative singular or from the nominative plural. Elements of Gaelic Grammar Case.—Of these the Saxons had, for their substantives, at least three; viz., the nominative, dative, genitive. A Handbook of the English Language In the Latin language there are five cases besides the nominative, or original word, and in the Greek four. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes There are many words in Latin which change their accent in the oblique cases from what it was in the nominative. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities When you want to find where the concord should be, ask the following— Who? or what?—to find the nominative case to the verb. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue A few monosyllables ending in a vowel have their genitive like the nominative; as, ni m. a thing, ti m. a person, r� m. the moon; to which add righ m. a king. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The nominative plural and the genitive singular are, in the present language of England, identical; the apostrophe in father's being a mere matter of orthography. A Handbook of the English Language These nouns substantive, or names of intire things, suggest but one idea in their simplest form, as in the nominative case singular of grammars. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes This verb came to be used in Breton with or without the nominative pronoun being expressed. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature The nominative case comes before the verb, as the horse does before the cart, the “lieutenant before the ancient,” and the superintendant of police before the inspector. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue The other cases, both mas. and fem., are formed from the nominative, according to the rules already given for forming the cases of nouns of the first declension. Elements of Gaelic Grammar The -n is by no means radical; besides which, it is the sign of an accusative case, and is not the sign of a nominative. A Handbook of the English Language The quarrels of lovers have ever been the renewal of love, since the day when a verb between two nominative cases first became possessed of the power of agreeing with either of them. The Bertrams In Cornish the expressed nominative pronoun is less usual, except in the second person singular, where it is the rule. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Sometimes this o is placed before the personal pronouns in the nominative case. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 This is probably the earliest instance of the use of the Latinized word nearly in its modern form; the original nominative Vernice being afterwards changed to Vernix. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature It is clear that you can be used instead of ye only so far as it is nominative in power. A Handbook of the English Language The genitive denotes possession and is formed by adding an apostrophe, and the letter s to the nominative; it answers to the question whose? A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. A simple relative, who or which, whether in the nominative or accusative, is represented most frequently by the particle a, governing the second state of the verb. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature But the nominative plural makes excellent sense, and is sufficiently elegant, and sounds to my ear Shakespearian. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher Guerre, or 'war,' is the nominative case, and is appropriately designated by the Arabic numeral 1. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Me, ye, you, are what may be called indifferent forms, i.e., nominative as much as accusative, and accusative as much as nominative. A Handbook of the English Language A noun has two cases, the nominative which simply names the object: it generally precedes the verb, and answers to the questions who? which? what? A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. My experiments tend to show that the natural order of nominative, verb, object, is usually preferable; and as a rule I find that adverbs and adverbial phrases fall best between nominative and verb. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Again, the word for bread in ancient Armenian is hats; yet the Armenian on London Bridge is made to say zhats, which is not the nominative of the Armenian noun for bread, but the accusative. The Romany Rye A Sequel to 'Lavengro' Grand and mal being each in the nominative case, also require the figure 1. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The nominative plural in the Old English adjective ended in -e; as, Singular. A Handbook of the English Language A personal pronoun has two cases the nominative and the objective. A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. It seems quite easy to him, but I never know which verb goes with which substantive, or whether a thing is a nominative or a genitive. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life The s of the nominative is frequently dropped in the dialect of the Gâthâs, or changed into o. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion ‘Et;’ here two clauses are connected, having different subjects or nominatives; in the former ‘appetitus’ is in the nominative, and in the latter in the accusative. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin It is also only another way of saying, that, in the oblique cases, I, and, in the nominative case, me, are defective. A Handbook of the English Language The nominative precedes the verb, and requires it to be of the same person and number as itself; it answers to the questions, who? which? what? A Week of Instruction and Amusement, or, Mrs. Harley's birthday present to her daughter : interspersed with short stories, outlines of sacred and prophane history, geography &c. Rouse is generally Fr. roux, i.e. the red, but it may also be the nominative form of Rou, i.e. of Rolf, or Rollo, the sea-king who conquered Normandy. The Romance of Names All adjectives end in the nominative singular in a. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation I give, for simplicity, the nominative, adding the stem in the case of imparisyllabic words. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) They exhibit the phenomena of a nominative case having grown not only out of a dative but out of a dative plus its governing preposition. A Handbook of the English Language He there finally set up the government of a Crown Colony with a nominative Executive Council and Legislative Assembly. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 The nominative, which has now almost disappeared, was usually distinguished by -s. The Romance of Names As in the case of the noun, the plural is formed by adding the termination -j, and the accusative is formed by adding -n to the nominative. Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation Similar cases occur frequently, especially when the verb precedes its nominative. The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Me wanted the nominative, I the oblique cases. A Handbook of the English Language As examples of the anomalies of grammar sanctioned by Elizabethan usage we may mention:— Singular verbs, with plural nouns, especially when the verb precedes its nominative: Hath all his ventures failed? The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising He cannot read or write, and in conversation his nominatives are not always true to his verbs; but he has all the slyness and craftiness of the Indian. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 First Declension.—To this declension belong all neuter nouns which have their nominative case singular and plural alike. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition The verb form in all these cases is called a participle, and must be used in connection with either a nominative or objective case of a noun or pronoun. Practical Grammar and Composition Again, the accusative you replaces the nominative ye, and vice vers�. A Handbook of the English Language But moi, according to all French grammarians, is very often in the nominative case. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. His English was frequently loose and inexpressive; he was apt to trip in his grammar, to stumble over ‘and which,’ and to be careless about the connection between his nominatives and his verbs. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation First declension.—To this declension belong all feminine nouns having their nominative case singular and plural alike. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition It is always the same in form as is the nominative. Practical Grammar and Composition Middle High German.—Preceding the noun, the nominative of all genders is destitute of inflection; s�n l�b, m�n ere, d�n l�b, &c. A Handbook of the English Language In all such cases, who should be made use of: for it is nominative and not objective. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Paul, who had been wool-gathering, went back to nominative, dative, and ablative. Despair's Last Journey Names of persons ending in e in the nominative follow the weak declension. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Page 10 Since no error in grammar can arise in the use of the nominative or the objective cases of nouns, no further discussion of these cases is here needed. Practical Grammar and Composition The number of our cases and the extent of language over which they spread.—In the English language there is undoubtedly a nominative case. A Handbook of the English Language Both is likewise redundant in the following sentence: "It performs at the same time the offices both of the nominative and objective cases." The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The scribe was probably influenced by 11, 13, and 15, in which ille ego is completed by a nominative clause. The Last Poems of Ovid Case.—There are two forms of the nominative, the first naming the subject at rest; as Boual ngabooromañ, the man sleeps. The Gundungurra Language Thus, the sentence, He gave it to who had the clearest right, is correct, because who is the subject of the verb had, and therefore in the nominative case. Practical Grammar and Composition I has no oblique, and me no nominative case. A Handbook of the English Language If we use such phraseology as "It is me," we must do as the French do—consider me as being in the nominative case, and offer euphony as our reason for thus using it. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. In classical Latin poetry, Greek nouns of the third declension with plural nominatives in -ες and plural accusatives in -ας retained these endings. The Last Poems of Ovid The following table shows the nominative and possessive cases: Singular. The Gundungurra Language But in the sentence, I should hate to be he, he is properly in the nominative case, since the only subject that is expressed in the sentence is I, in the nominative case. Practical Grammar and Composition You.—As far as the practice of the present mode of speech is concerned, the word you is a nominative form; since we say you move, you are moving, you were speaking. A Handbook of the English Language Whenever they are at a loss for either a nominative or an objective to their sentence, they, without any kind of ceremony, clap in an it. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The accusatives of such nouns are of the same form as the nominative. The Last Poems of Ovid Sometimes the words are in the nominative case without any particle; e.g., Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language The sentence, I wonder whom will be chosen, is wrong, because the relative here is the subject of will be chosen, not the object of wonder, and should have the nominative form who. Practical Grammar and Composition Neither bears any sign of case at all, so that, form for form, they are equally and indifferently nominative and accusative. A Handbook of the English Language This form of the personal pronoun is properly used in the nominative case only where increased emphasis is aimed at. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The words which follow, viz., 'comfort' and 'stablish,' are in the singular, whilst these two mighty and august names are their nominatives, and would therefore, by all regularity, require a plural to follow them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. In this sentence the are ni va ought to be in the nominative. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language It is only with these pronouns that mistakes are made in the use of the nominative and objective cases. Practical Grammar and Composition The -m and -r are respectively the signs of cases other than the nominative. A Handbook of the English Language After a nominative, where the verb is understood. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. I must give you a lesson in nominatives to-morrow, my dear. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story The person compared is in the nominative case and the person to whom he is compared is in the ablative with one of the particles which we have listed above; e.g., Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language What pronouns may be used only in the nominative case? Practical Grammar and Composition Ye may either be a nominative case governing the verb busk, or an accusative case governed by it. A Handbook of the English Language For, as I remarked at the outset, this is not merely an assimilated expression, or an unauthorized nominative, or a weakly-supported clause, or any such trifling thing. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Therefore in this form the blood of Christ is improperly expressed in the oblique case, and the chalice in the nominative, when it is said: "This is the chalice of My blood." Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The impersonal verb or the infinitive requires a nominative before it; e.g., Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language A singular with two nominatives connected by and: the verb is to be taken with each. Milton's Comus When they are used as nominatives, it must be explained on another principle. A Handbook of the English Language Cincinnati is an odd name for a town, whether we regard it as a genitive singular, or as a nominative plural. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Must "who" always be used in the nominative case and "whom" in the objective? The Patient Observer And His Friends The nominative, in both languages, is often abridged; so that, from the genitive of the word, or from the possessive, the original term is to be deduced. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Drench is the causative of drink: here the nominative of the verb is ‘Iris’ and the object ‘beds.’ Milton's Comus Note.—The answer should always be made by means of a pronoun, as by so doing we distinguish the accusative case from the nominative. A Handbook of the English Language The former is usually the nominative and the latter the objective. Sergeant York And His People Case.—The cases are the nominative, nominative-agent, genitive, accusative, instrumental dative and ablative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales To use a nominative name is a redundancy which should be avoided. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. This makes ‘banks’ nominative, and ‘upon’ an adverb. Milton's Comus It is a nominative case; the subject of a separate proposition. A Handbook of the English Language Case is an affection of a noun for distinction of person; as, the corner stone fel on me; stone is the nominative case. Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles The accusative is the same as the simple nominative, as will be seen by the examples given under the nominative-agent. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales The word noun signifies name, and nominative is the adjective derived from noun, and partakes of the same meaning. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. This confusion between ye and you did not exist in old English; ye was always used as a nominative, and you as a dative or accusative. Milton's Comus A conjunction cannot govern a case, for the following reasons,—the word that follows it must be the subject of the second proposition, and as such, a nominative case. A Handbook of the English Language He made both the Houses of Parliament elective; the modification made one nominative. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Pronouns are inflected for number and person, and comprise the nominative, possessive and objective cases, a few examples in each of which will be given. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Hence the nominative or naming case may apply as correctly to the object as the agent. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. As Milton frequently omits the nominative, we may supply she: otherwise leans would be intransitive and its nominative ‘head’: see note, l. Milton's Comus In the present English, however, the nominative is the absolute case. A Handbook of the English Language But then the use of the third person when she used Bootea instead of a nominative pronoun might be due to a cultured deference toward a Sahib. Caste Case.—The language has the nominative, nominative-agent, genitive, accusative, instrumental, dative and ablative cases. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Language studies have their unique terms: nominative, comma, plot; mathematics has its: tangent, sum, parabola, etc. Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking When we meet with a phrase such as 'the father of the father' we understand at once that the genitive denotes a father different from the father denoted by the nominative. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 A real nominative absolute is as illogical as a real accusative case governing a verb. A Handbook of the English Language It is evident that both mottoes are to be read continuously, and that "souene" is the third person singular of a verb having "loyaulte" for its nominative case. Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 The accusative is the same as the nominative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Not the nominative case with verb—not the relative with the antecedent—not the adjective with the substantive—affords a more appropriate illustration of conjugal harmony, than does our matrimonial existence. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One There one word, i.e. the locative 'in the Self,' denotes the embodied Self, and a different word, viz. the nominative 'person,' denotes the Self distinguished by the qualities of consisting of mind, &c. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 These are all smelted into one designation, 'the people which sat in darkness,' and thus the whole of verse 15 and the first clause of verse 16 make the nominative of the verb 'saw.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII The nominative may be construed with the previous line, but the genitive would be better. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Moreover, these suffixes for number and case are applied to the simple nominative—not the nominative-agent. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Words which came straight from Latin keep the stress of the Latin nominative, as 'creator', 'spectator', 'testator', 'coadjutor', 'assessor', to which in Walton's honour must be added 'Piscator' and 'Venator'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin Such awful nominative cases as that man has! Sevenoaks The verb, as in other languages, agrees with the nominative in number and person; as, Thou fliest from good; He runs to death. A Grammar of the English Tongue It may also be read as a nominative plural, referring to Lokah. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Case.—The principal cases are the nominative, causative, instrumental, genitive, accusative, dative and ablative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Daw may of course be due to a in the oblique cases, but according to 2 dag may have appeared in the nominative case early in the North. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch The Singular has seven cases; the Plural only six, the vocative having always the form of the nominative. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations I will now show you how the verb is varied in order to agree with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures But if in the nominative Case, the Sense will be this, That Thing which any Body knows, it knows; as though that could not be known that knows not again by Course. Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. The nominative is the name of the sbuject at rest, and is without flexion. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Our word is not nominative pl. as the editor of Wyntoun takes it, but is the singular originally pr. p. of girth, to gird, to strap. Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch As for the Dual, a form which the Slavic languages do not all possess, the nominative and accusative, the genitive and local; the dative and instrumental cases, are always alike. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations When placed before the verb, they are, therefore, the nominatives to the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Nouns, then, may be said to have three cases,—the nominative, the objective, and the possessive. An English Grammar Accusative.—Except in such instances as the wallaby in the last example, the accusative is the same as the nominative. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales She had a way of defying that intolerable tyrant, the nominative singular, and put all her verbs in the plural, under an impression, not without example, that it was elegant language. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Of the seven Slavic cases, only the nominative and vocative remain to it; all the rest being supplied by means of prepositions. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations The verb, then, when correctly written, always agrees, in sense, with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Pick out the nouns in the nominative case, and tell which use of the nominative each one has. An English Grammar "She is," said she, "the very apple of my eye, and can parse a sentence containing three double relatives, two subjunctive moods and four nominatives absolute, perfectly easily." The English Orphans In that chapter the nominative to coran is, in both verses, undeniably skin, not head nor face. Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 A religious tract, which seems only remarkable for its bad printing, obscure wording, and almost invariably using the third person singular of the verb, whatever be the nominative. Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850 You have been already informed, that nouns have three cases; the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures To form the possessive plural, only the apostrophe is added if the plural nominative ends in -s; the 's is added if the plural nominative does not end in -s. An English Grammar She still must follow citizen Anet as the feminine pronoun follows the masculine, or as a verb agrees with its nominative case in number and in person. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Since final -m was lost in pronunciation, Asia might be nominative, accusative, or ablative. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature "Is Bishops in that title a nominative or an accusative?" grimly inquired a living prelate, when the present writer was extolling the essay so named. Sydney Smith The nominative case governs the verb:—that is, the nominative determines the number and person of the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Neckcloth, like miller's, is a common class noun; it has no sex, therefore neuter; names one thing, therefore singular number; subject of the verb is understood, and therefore nominative case. An English Grammar The distinction between the nominative and accusative was nibbled away by phonetic processes and morphological levelings until only certain pronouns retained distinctive subjective and objective forms. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech It is not a preposition and may take either the nominative or objective case, to agree with the subject or the object of the verb. Write It Right A Little Blacklist of Literary Faults It is a nominative; and perhaps the exacter title would have been "A Persecuting Bishop." Sydney Smith The verb must agree with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures But the first two have a nominative use, and mine in the second has an objective use. An English Grammar The nominative and accusative fet was naturally far more frequently in use than were the corresponding forms of the genitive and dative. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech "About what, sir?" asked that respectable servant, looking round with some perplexity, as if in search of the nominative. In the Days of My Youth Case, possessive, of nouns, 17; of pronouns, 43; nominative or objective, 43-50. Practical Exercises in English The verb is never spoken of; but it is of the third person, and singular or plural number, because its nominative is. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures They may be spoken of as possessive in form, but nominative or objective in use, according as the modified word is in the nominative or the objective. An English Grammar The Upper Chamber, or Legislative Council of New Zealand, is nominative and not elective, nor is there any fixed limit to its numbers. The Long White Cloud The nominative, or rather the agent, is pari ne, hence the translation, "the fairy, having thus spoken, took up the throne." Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes Since, however, these seven words are more frequently used than any other words, the possibilities of error in choosing between the nominative and the objective are many. Practical Exercises in English And if your nominative is third person, the verb will vary again; thus, he smiles, the man smiles. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures One is the simple form of a word, expressing the relations of nominative and objective; the other is formed by adding 's to the simple form, making the possessive singular. An English Grammar It was always "we girls" in her heart, since girls' mothers never can quite lose the girl out of themselves; it only multiplies, and the "everlasting nominative" turns into a plural. We Girls: a Home Story There are three cases in the English language: the nominative, the possessive, and the objective; but nouns show only two forms for each number, as the nominative and objective cases have the same form. Composition-Rhetoric Here you was written for the objective case, but it seems now to have become the nominative to the verb fare. The Grammar of English Grammars How clear it is, then, that the nominative governs the verb; that is, the nominative has power to change the form and meaning of the verb, in respect to num. and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The case of most of these pronouns can be determined more easily than the case of nouns, for, besides a nominative use, they have a nominative form. An English Grammar "It is an undoubted substantive proper, and takes a preposition before it, except when it is in the nominative case." We Girls: a Home Story Mr. White informs us that "the grammatical form in use in Shakspeare's day" was to have the verb govern a nominative case! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 If the nominative be a pronoun which cannot be mistaken for an objective, the words may possibly change places; as, "Silver and gold have I none." The Grammar of English Grammars The verb must agree with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The words I, thou, he, she, we, ye, they, are very rarely anything but nominative in literary English, though ye is occasionally used as objective. An English Grammar A Perfect now used only in the first and third persons singular of the present indicative; the nominative following the verb. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V A verb agrees with its subject nominative in number and person. Greek in a Nutshell A Noun or a Pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case: as, "The Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things; and they derided him." The Grammar of English Grammars Rule 4th says, The verb must agree with its nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In spoken English, however, there are some others that are added to the list of nominatives: they are, me, him, her, us, them, when they occur in the predicate position. An English Grammar He has simply given them Latin nominatives, from the mere love he has apparently for that tongue. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Pressed to fall back upon a nominative case, he opined that they wos about as red as ever red could be. Our Mutual Friend There are however four different ways of disposing of the nominative case. The Grammar of English Grammars But why must the verb agree with its nominative? English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In the same way who, standing for the people understood, subject of heard, is in the nominative case. An English Grammar The transitive character of verbs requiring objective inflections, for the nominative, &c. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Oh yes, Miss, SHE is alive,' said Mrs Wickam, laying strong stress on her nominative case. Dombey and Son It would seem that some, who ought to know better, are liable to mistake for the subject of such a verb, the noun which we put absolute in the nominative by direct address. The Grammar of English Grammars The verb must agree with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The word what, however, is subject of the verb can't be cured, and hence is in the nominative case. An English Grammar A principle that prevails in the American languages, as far as my information extends, is, that the verb, with its nominative and objective cases, be inseparably connected. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section T, U, V, and W But, in either case, study agrees with ye or you understood, and has not the noun for its subject, or nominative. The Grammar of English Grammars An active verb is transitive when the action passes over from the subject or nominative to an object; as, Richard strikes John. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Here the omitted relative would be in the nominative case. An English Grammar Should you find a nominative case looking out for a verb—or a fatherless verb for a nominative case, you must excuse it. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 Grammar teaches us the laws of the verb and nominative case, as well as of the adjective and substantive. The Learned Women He should have said—"of both the nominative and the objective case." The Grammar of English Grammars But when a verb follows a noun, the ending of the verb generally varies in order to agree with the noun which is its nominative; as, the vessel sails; the vessels sail. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures And the prepositions but and save are found with the nominative form of the pronoun following; as,— Nobody knows but my mate and I Where our nest and our nestlings lie. An English Grammar I am to the great majority of men what the circle is to rectilinear figures; I am everywhere at home, because I have no particular and nominative self. Amiel's Journal But the nominative plural makes excellent sense, and is sufficiently elegant, and sounds to my ear Shakspearian. Literary Remains, Volume 2 But, according to Rule 2d, "A noun or a pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case." The Grammar of English Grammars She understood, is nominative to soiled, in the first example; and the substantive part of mine, after than, is nom. to is, understood: Rule 35. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Nouns have no distinct forms for the nominative and objective cases: hence no mistake can be made in using them. An English Grammar Observe also that, in fact, a neuter noun in Greek has no real nominative case, though it has a formal one, that is to say, the same word with the accusative. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Dietsch agrees with Kritzius; and there will, I hope, be no further doubt that quae is the accusative and ira the nominative; the sense being, "which anger loves or desires to be done." Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War Here the examples, if rightly pointed, would all be right; but the ellipsis supposed, not only destroys the apposition, but converts the explanatory noun into a nominative. The Grammar of English Grammars The verbs to secure and to come have no nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Since most of the personal pronouns, together with the relative who, have separate forms for nominative and objective use, there are two general rules that require attention. An English Grammar The reason is—a thing has no subjectivity, or nominative case: it exists only as an object in the accusative or oblique case. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge This mode of correction strikes out too much; but there is no doubt that the second alter should be in the nominative case. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War "They cannot be at the same time in the objective and the nominative cases." The Grammar of English Grammars They use it without ceremony; either in the nominative or objective case; either to represent one person or thing, or more than one. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures It may be stated with assurance that the literary language prefers the nominative in this instance, as,— For there was little doubt that it was he.—Kingsley. An English Grammar The nominative my father is certainly left out, but so left out that the auditor inserts it, in spite of himself. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies I have preferred to take it as a nominative. Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War "In some cases we can use either the nominative or accusative promiscuously." The Grammar of English Grammars A noun is sometimes nominative to a verb placed many lines after the noun. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Yet the nominative form is found quite frequently to divide the work of the objective use; for example,— My son is going to be married to I don't know who.—Goldsmith. An English Grammar Hiatus is still rarer, but the shortening of final o occurs in verbs and nominatives, such as Juno, Virgo, whenever it suits the metre. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Her or rather hare is most always used instead of the nominative she. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire "The word that is used both in the nominative and objective cases." The Grammar of English Grammars He, then, is nominative to the verb carries. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The antecedent is usually nominative or objective, as the use of the possessive is less likely to be clear. An English Grammar The clause 'That is the Self of me, within the heart' designates the embodied soul by means of a genitive form, while the object of meditation is exhibited in the nominative case. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 What are the nominative, and what the objective, forms of the pronouns? Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition If such expressions be analyzed, each and one will generally appear to be in the nominative case, and other in the objective; as, "They love each other;" i. e. each loves the other. The Grammar of English Grammars In order to find the verb to which the noun soul, in this sentence, is the nominative, put the question; What does a soul without reflection do? English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As for the text "I am Brahman," you must take the nominative case as only used there for the genitive by the licence of an inspired speaker. The Tattva-Muktavali Here the locative form, 'within the Self,' denotes the embodied Self, and the nominative, 'that golden Person,' the object to be meditated on.—All this proves the highest Self to be the object of meditation. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 Long after its introduction many looked askance at its, because of the grammatical blunder it contains—the_ t_ in its being a nominative neuter ending, and the s a possessive ending. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Alter-utrum is composed of a nominative and an accusative, like each-other; and, in the nature of things, there is no reason why the former should be compounded, and the latter not. The Grammar of English Grammars Whenever a direct address is made, the person or thing spoken to, is in the nominative case independent; as, "James, I desire you to study." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A noun or pronoun used as an attribute complement is in the nominative case. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room He dares not think a thought that the nominative case governs not the verb; and he never had meaning in his life, for he travelled only for words. Character Writings of the 17th Century Nouns have two case forms, the simple form, common to the nominative and the objective case, and the possessive form. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition But then we encounter a difficulty, whenever a pronoun happens to be the nominative; as, "Therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's"—1 Cor., vi, 20. The Grammar of English Grammars A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, without any verb to agree with it, is in the nominative case absolute; as, "The sun being risen, we pursued our journey." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Write a sentence containing a noun in the nominative case, used as an attribute; one in the nominative, used as an explanatory modifier; one in the nominative, used independently. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room On these he rings what changes he may, by putting the verb before its nominative or vocative case. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Remark.—The eight nominative forms and the seven objective forms here given are the only distinctive nominative and objective forms in the language. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Say, "This rule is often infringed by an improper use of the nominative absolute;" for this is precisely what these authors mean. The Grammar of English Grammars A noun or pronoun in the nominative case independent, is always of the second person; but, in the case absolute, it is generally of the third person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures They have no possessive case, and are alike in the nominative and the objective. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The antecedent to whose is friends: cannon is nominative to transports; and the only difficulty is the epithet poysned applied to shot, which seems transposed from the idea of an unfriendly whisper. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 All the rules of syntax given in the grammars to guide in the use of the nominative and the objective case apply, practically, only to these fifteen words. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition "For convenience, it may be well to state it as a rule, that—Passive verbs govern an objective, when the nominative to the passive verb is not the proper object of the active voice." The Grammar of English Grammars Man is in the nominative case independent, according to Rule 5. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Attention may be called to the danger of mistaking here the nominative for the objective. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The plural of the pronoun of the second person in the nominative case. The first New Testament printed in English When the dative ending ne was dropped, making the three forms alike, the to came to be used before the nominative and the accusative, but without expressing relation. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Is it a case which "has usually the nominative form," but admits occasionally of "me" and "him," and embraces objective nouns of "time, measure, distance, direction, or place?" The Grammar of English Grammars In the next example, that my indiscretions should reach my posterity, is a part of a sentence put as the nominative to the verb wounds, according to the same Rule. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures What words are used only in the nominative case? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room When a nominative immediately follows the verb, the pronominal suffix is generally dropped, unless required by euphony. Across the Zodiac A noun or pronoun used independently is said to be in the nominative case. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Method is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and nominative case. The Grammar of English Grammars As the nominative and objective cases of the noun are inseparably connected with the verb, it is impossible for you to understand them until you shall have acquired some knowledge of this part of speech. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures 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. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) The root-word, without inflexion, alone is used where the name is employed in no connection with a verb, where in every terrestrial language the nominative would be employed. Across the Zodiac The nominative and the objective forms of the pronoun occur so rarely in such constructions that it seems impossible to determine the usage. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb. The Grammar of English Grammars This part of speech is called a verb or word, because it is deemed the most important word in every sentence: and without a verb and nominative, either expressed or implied, no sentence can exist. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures This was a more highly educated person than Nicholas, thought the visitor, remarking the use of the nominative scorned of the Prince. The Magnetic North Nouns have three cases, nominative, locative and objective. History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author Others, reasoning from the German, to which our language is closely allied, would put this complement in the nominative. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition "When two or more verbs have the same nominative, and immediately follow one another, or two or more adverbs immediately succeed one another, they must be separated by commas." The Grammar of English Grammars An active verb expresses action; and The nominative case is the actor, or subject of the verb; as, John writes. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures "Then, what the deevil d'ye take the nominative and the dative cases to be?" said Butler, hastily, and surprised at once out of his decency of expression and accuracy of pronunciation. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The objective case is like the nominative when the subject is in the 1st or 2d person, but when the subject is in the 3d person the object takes the termination "won." History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan A Grammar of Their Language, and Personal and Family History of the Author This and that with their plurals, these and those, have no possessive form, and are alike in the nominative and the objective. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The two cases are sometimes alike, sometimes different; for either of them may be the nominative, and either, the objective. The Grammar of English Grammars And you know, too, that the noun John is the actor, therefore John is in the nominative case to the verb writes. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Should you find a nominative case looking out for a verb, or a fatherless verb for a nominative case, you must excuse it. English Men of Letters: Coleridge Nouns, whether substantive or adjective, including of course pronouns and participles, are so, but only in their nominative cases, except when an oblique case is so used as to be equivalent to an attributive. Deductive Logic "The identity of form between the nominative, accusative, and vocative cases in the neuter." Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition "The only nominative to the verb, is, the officer." The Grammar of English Grammars This actor, doer, or producer of the action, is the nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The Plural form You is used for both the nominative and objective singular in the second person and Yours is generally used in the possessive in place of Thine. How to Speak and Write Correctly A fellow that construes by nature—looks at a sentence, and spots the nominative in a moment—makes verses—rale, superior, iligant articles.' The Pillars of the House, V1 A singular nominative will be disgraced by a plural verb, because other pluralities have intervened and have tempted the ear into plural tendencies. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Here his form for the word Virtue is—"Virtue is a common substantive, of the neuter gender, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case." The Grammar of English Grammars This subject or nominative may be active, passive, or neuter, as hereafter exemplified. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Take special care to distinguish between the nominative and objective case. How to Speak and Write Correctly There are four cases--nominative, accusative, dative, genitive. Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary After "Than" and "As" The objective pronoun is often incorrectly used for the nominative after than or as. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking For such a word, the form of parsing should be like this: "Peace is a common noun, personified proper; of the third person, singular number, feminine gender, and nominative case." The Grammar of English Grammars Now, in this example, John is not represented as an actor, but, as the subject of the verb sits, therefore John is in the nominative case to the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Not alone be careful to distinguish between the nominative and objective cases of the pronouns, but try to avoid ambiguity in their use. How to Speak and Write Correctly Having suddenly lost my nominative case, I concluded abruptly with the figure syncope, and a bow, to which my interlocutor politely replied "Ita." Letters from High Latitudes Parenthetical Expressions When a parenthetical expression comes between a pronoun in the nominative case and its verb, the objective is often incorrectly used instead of the nominative. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Spencer too discards the word case, preferring "form," that he may merge in one the nominative and the objective, giving to nouns two cases, but neither of these. The Grammar of English Grammars The verb, however, agrees in sense with its nominative in the plural, as well as in the singular. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The plural nominative ye of the pronoun thou is very often used for the objective you, as in the following: "His wrath which will one day destroy ye both." How to Speak and Write Correctly And the cause of the mutation is that the nominative accusative and vocative seem to have a certain relation to one another. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies "The nominative and the objective cases," should be "The nominative and objective cases." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The nominative denotes the agent, actor, or doer; the person or thing that is made the subject of an affirmation, negation, question, or supposition: its place, except in a question, is commonly before the verb. The Grammar of English Grammars In these examples, the nouns, sun, father, mountains, valleys, and hope, are of the second person, and, as you will hereafter learn, in the nominative case independent. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominative who in the above examples should be the objective whom. How to Speak and Write Correctly For it is reasonable when one is about to speak of two individuals to put first what is common to the two, keeping the nominative in both cases. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Such nominatives require a verb in the singular. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Writings is a common noun, of the third person, plural number, neuter gender, and nominative case. The Grammar of English Grammars When the nominative case is plural, the verb must be plural; as, girls write. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A participle or participial phrase is naturally referred to the nearest nominative. How to Speak and Write Correctly Dative of Man, to me; sometimes used instead of the nominative. Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language Or, Nor, As well as, But, Save When two or more nominatives in the singular are separated by such words as the preceding, the verb must be singular. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking It should have been—"Virtue is a common noun, personified proper, of the second person, singular number, feminine gender, and nominative case." The Grammar of English Grammars The verb must agree with its nominative case in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures If only one nominative is expressed it claims all the participles that are not by the construction of the sentence otherwise fixed. How to Speak and Write Correctly It's a rule of grammar, isn't it, that the subject of a sentence must be put in the nominative case? Back Home Case Forms Following am, are, is, was, and other forms of the verb to be, the pronoun must be in the nominative case. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Here his form for the word Vice is—"Vice is a common substantive, of the third person, in the singular number, and the nominative case." The Grammar of English Grammars The nominative to a passive verb, is the object, but not the agent, of the action. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In all the above examples the objective cases of the pronouns have been used while the construction calls for nominative cases. How to Speak and Write Correctly The former were never very numerous; though the sounds of “nominative, pennaa—genitive, penny,” were soon heard to issue from the windows of the room, to the great delight and manifest edification of the passenger. The Pioneers You having the same form in the objective as in the nominative is, therefore, correct, but I should be changed to me. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking There are three cases; the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. The Grammar of English Grammars A verb must agree with its nominative in number and person. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Who should be written in both cases because the word is not in the objective governed by say or think, but in the nominative dependent on the verb am. How to Speak and Write Correctly "Putting a new elevator in at the office," he said, discarding the nominative noun, "and the boss has turned out his whiskers." The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million After "To be" "I knew it was him" is incorrect, because the word which forms the pronoun attribute of the verb was must be in the nominative case. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb: as, The boy runs; I run. The Grammar of English Grammars The verb would then be plural, and agree with its nominative according to the Rule. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Very often the verb is separated from its real nominative or subject by several intervening words and in such cases one is liable to make the verb agree with the subject nearest to it. How to Speak and Write Correctly You recollect, that the nominative is the actor or subject, and the active verb is the action performed by the nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures No rule of grammar is more familiar to the schoolboy than that which relates to the agreement of the verb with its subject, or nominative, and none that is more frequently violated. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Boy is therefore here in the nominative case. The Grammar of English Grammars In the fourth sentence, the verb does not agree in person with its nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures By this you perceive, that a very intimate connexion or relation exists between the nominative case and the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominative and objective cases of nouns are generally known by the following rule: the nominative does something; the objective has something done to it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Happiness, the subject, being singular, the verb should be consists, to agree with its nominative. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The nominative and the objective of nouns, are always alike in form, being distinguishable from each other only by their place in a sentence, or by their simple dependence according to the sense. The Grammar of English Grammars The active verb to save has no nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominative generally comes before the verb; and the objective, after it. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Declension means putting a noun through the different cases: and you will notice, that the possessive case varies from the nominative in its termination, or ending, but the objective case ends like the nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures These nominatives may or may not be connected by and or other connecting particle. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The nominative case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the subject of a finite verb. The Grammar of English Grammars Pronouns have three cases, the nominative, the possessive, and the objective. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominative and objective cases of nouns, must, therefore, be ascertained by their situation in the sentence, or by considering the office they perform. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The relative is the nominative case to the verb, when no nominative comes between it and the verb. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominatives may consist of nouns or pronouns, either singular or plural, or they may be phrases. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking The reasoning which would make the positive degree to be no degree, would also make the nominative case, or the casus rectus of the Latins, to be no case. The Grammar of English Grammars The verb comfort agrees with they for its nominative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Him, in the last sentence but five, is governed by declare, and I is nominative to declare. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures George and Eliza are in the nominative case independent: Rule 5. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Each, Every, No, Not When two or more nominatives are qualified by one of the foregoing words the verb must be singular. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Now, like Webster and Wilson, he will have mine, thine, hers, ours, yours, and theirs, to be pronouns of the nominative or the objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars When an address is made, the noun or pronoun addressed, is put in the nominative case independent. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Whoever is a compound relative; he, the antecedent part, is nominative to "will behold." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures "Him and I;" not proper, because the pronoun him is the subject of the verb will go understood, therefore him should be in the nominative case, he, according to the above NOTE. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Poetical Construction When the verb separates its nominatives, it agrees with that which precedes it. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking And it is the nominative to the verb hast been. The Grammar of English Grammars A noun or pronoun placed before a participle, and being independent of the rest of the sentence, is in the nominative case absolute. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When different moods and tenses are connected by conjunctions, the nominative must be repeated; as, "He may return, but he will not tarry." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nominative is the actor or subject concerning which the verb makes an affirmation. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures If, however, one or more of the nominatives are plural, the verb must be plural. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking There are three kinds of nominatives, active, passive, and neuter. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Can we consistently take for our present standard, a style which does not allow us to use you in the nominative case, or its for the possessive? The Grammar of English Grammars The verb let, in the idiomatic examples under number 1, has no nominative specified, and is left applicable to a nominative of the first, second, or third person, and of either number. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Recollect, the participle never varies its termination to agree with a noun or pronoun, for, as it has no nominative, it has no agreement; but it simply refers to an actor. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures |
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