| 单词 | objective case |
| 例句 | “I’m not sure I’m following. And it’s ‘The Board and I.’ Me is objective case.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Me,” “him,” “her,” “us,” and “them” are in the objective case, and are used as direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of a preposition. 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 Remember that whom is in the objective case. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z University officials say bias reporting systems — which rely on teams of designated administrators or offices of diversity, equity and inclusion — give minorities a clear channel to report objective cases of harassment. Conservatives target ‘bias reporting systems’ at colleges 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Her legal team said "there is a powerful objective case as to why the mother should be genuinely in fear if the father has access to a property overbearing her own". Princess Haya: Dubai ruler had ex-wife's phone hacked - UK court 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z “Which” can be either subjective or objective case — it is used for both the subject and the object of a relative clause. Red Pencils Ready? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z As the object of “letting,” this should have been in the objective case: “a friend and me.” When Spell-Check Can’t Help 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Accordingly, writers in these fields place high value on neutral and objective case analysis and inferences based on the careful examination of data. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z We needed the objective case for the object of the preposition “for.” Close but Not Quite 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z As it happens, in this case I can honestly reconcile personal feelings with a strong objective case. I'm proud to be a nimby. For the environment's sake, we all should be 2013-06-22T07:00:24Z The fact that he and his political allies seem to feel threatened by evidence-based studies of politics and society does not speak highly of their confidence in the objective case for their policies. A different agenda 2012-07-18T17:20:01.277Z We wanted the objective case, “them,” parallel with “him.” When Spell-Check Can’t Help 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z It corresponds to the objective case in English. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z 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 Exercise 127 The object of a preposition is always in the objective case. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z He cannot do otherwise because, as our friend, Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen, has very facetiously observed, "man is a noun in the objective case governed by the active verb woman." The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z It was: "Don't run away with the idea that I'm anomalous enough to be governed by objective cases, for, after all, what's a husband but a prefix?" The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z In Finnish there are fifteen cases, expressive of every possible relation between the subject and the object; but there is no accusative, no purely objective case. Lectures on The Science of Language But, "He laid himself upon the bed," would be correct, for there is an objective case, himself, supplied. Every-Day Errors of Speech Exercise 132—Like, as Like is followed by a noun or pronoun in the objective case. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z 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 Guard against the improper attraction of who into the objective case by intervening expressions like he says. The Century Handbook of Writing Prepositions are governing words and the words governed by or depending on them are always in the objective case. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses In a republic, must the objective case be governed by a verb? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Appositive of another noun in the objective case. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z For a verb to be capable of governing an objective case, it must be a verb signifying an action affecting an object; which is not the case here. A Handbook of the English Language The "assumed" subject of an infinitive is in the objective case. The Century Handbook of Writing But is sometimes used as a preposition and when so used takes the objective case. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses 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 Exercise 81—The Objective Case A noun or a pronoun may be used in the objective case in the following ways: 1. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z When one verb is followed by another without the preposition to, the construction must be considered to have grown out of the objective case, or from the form in -an. A Handbook of the English Language Note.—In other instances than those in which clearness is involved many good writers use the objective case with the gerund. The Century Handbook of Writing When a noun depends on a preposition, it is also in the objective case and is called the object of the preposition. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses 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 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 The true expression is, that the preposition of followed by an objective case is equivalent in many instances, to the genitive case of the classical languages. A Handbook of the English Language Guard against the improper attraction of who or whoever into the objective case by a preceding verb or preposition. The Century Handbook of Writing How are the nominative and objective cases distinguished? Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses 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 Transitive verb, followed by objective case, 66; defined, 83. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z 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 object of a preposition or a verb is in the objective case. The Century Handbook of Writing When the noun has something done to it it is in the objective case and is called the object of the verb. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Me, us, him, them, thee, whom, and her, except when her is possessive, are only proper when the objective case is demanded. Practical Grammar and Composition The accusative or objective case is given in all these words. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 In all these sentences the interrogative pronoun is in the objective case, and should be used in the objective form, which is whom, and not who. 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. A noun or pronoun linked with a gerund should be in the possessive case whenever the use of the objective case might cause confusion. The Century Handbook of Writing The savage could not think or speak in this way, because he had no verbs and could not think of nouns in the objective case. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) It is only with these pronouns that mistakes are made in the use of the nominative and objective cases. Practical Grammar and Composition In this sentence, the first but is a verb in the imperative mood; the second is a noun in the objective case. A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 Didn't he put Sam into the objective case yesterday, when he tumbled him head over heels out of his seat? The Bobbin Boy or, How Nat Got His learning 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 It has an objective case after it on which the action terminates. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. Owing to its system of inflexion and the possession of an 103 objective case, it is extremely flexible, and can put the words in almost any order, without obscuring the sense. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar "Feminine gender, singular number, objective case, governed by the verb—to love—I wonder!" The Definite Object A Romance of New York A noun is in the objective case when it is the object of something. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures There are other forms of the objective case meaning “from me,” “with me,” “towards me,” etc., which have numerous modifications. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales Thief is a common class noun; the connection shows a male is meant, therefore masculine gender; singular number; object of the verb takes, hence objective case. An English Grammar 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 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 The noun vessel is in the objective case, and governed by the transitive verb see. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures 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 Throat is neuter, of the same class and number as the word neckcloth; it is the object of the preposition by, hence it is objective 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 The root infinitive, together with its subject in the objective case, is used as the object of verbs of knowing, telling, etc.: Composition-Rhetoric Rule applies in parsing a noun in the objective case, governed by a participle?—Do participles ever become nouns?—Give examples. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures But, according to Rule 5th, "A noun or a pronoun made the object of an active-transitive verb or participle, is governed by it in the objective case." The Grammar of English Grammars The object of a preposition, if a noun or pronoun, is usually in the objective case. An English Grammar You also tried to release the objective case from its thraldom to the preposition, and it is written that servants should obey their masters. Fantastic Fables Another form of the third personal pronoun employed only in the objective case is found in the west, namely en for him, as a zid en or, rather more commonly, a zid'n, he saw him. The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire 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 He should have said—"of both the nominative and the objective case." The Grammar of English Grammars Point out the nouns in the objective case in these sentences, and tell which use each has:— 1. An English Grammar 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 A noun or pronoun following a preposition as the principal word of a phrase is in the objective case. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room In the next it is a preposition, and governs victory in the objective case: "He contended for victory only." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures We have some verbs which govern two words in the objective case; as, 'Did I request thee, maker, from my clay To mold me man?'—Milton, The Grammar of English Grammars The personal pronouns in the objective case are often used reflexively; that is, referring to the same person as the subject of the accompanying verb. An English Grammar 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 A noun or pronoun used as object or objective complement, or as the principal word of a prepositional phrase, is in the objective case. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room Nouns and pronouns in the objective case, are frequently in apposition; as, He struck Charles the student. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In these phrases, verbs passive are made to govern the objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Here the subject of is, etc., is what we call nature; but of this, we is the subject, and what is the direct object of the verb call, so is in the objective case. An English Grammar Whom here may be parsed as an objective case form used idiomatically in place of who. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition Him, the attribute complement of be, is in the objective case because it, the assumed subject of be, is objective. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room 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 "The word that is used both in the nominative and objective cases." The Grammar of English Grammars Object usually objective case, if noun or pronoun. An English Grammar 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 What words are used only in the objective case? Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The objective case expresses the object of an action or of a relation. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures A Noun or a Pronoun made the object of an active-transitive verb or participle, is governed by it in the objective case: as, "I found her assisting him"—"Having finished the work, I submit it." The Grammar of English Grammars Government has to do with verbs and prepositions, both of which are said to govern words by having them in the objective case. An English Grammar Take special care to distinguish between the nominative and objective case. How to Speak and Write Correctly There was no softening of the terrible, beautiful face before her, and she durst put no objective case to her verb. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume When I say, The birds fly, the verb fly is intransitive; but when I say, The boy flies the kite, the verb fly is transitive, and governs the noun kite in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures On the question respecting the objective case of nouns, Murray and Webster changed sides with each other; and that, long after they first appeared as grammarians. The Grammar of English Grammars Nouns have no distinct forms for the nominative and objective cases: hence no mistake can be made in using them. An English Grammar Remember that the objective case follows transitive verbs and prepositions. How to Speak and Write Correctly After Verbs and Prepositions When a pronoun depends upon a verb or a preposition the pronoun must be in the objective case. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Telescope, then, is the real object of the action, denoted by the transitive verb invented; and, therefore, telescope is in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars I do not understand to be the neuter verb lie, mispronounced, but to be the active verb lay, with the objective case understood; as, ``Lay yourselves forward!'' Two Years Before the Mast It should be "Between you and me" since between is a preposition calling for the objective case. How to Speak and Write Correctly The pronoun I should therefore be in the objective case, and the sentence should be, "Between you and me, that picture is very faulty." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking 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 Boy is therefore here in the objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Colt.—Really, my learned friend is the objective case incarnate. Hard Cash 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 "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 Transitive verbs govern the objective case; that is, they require the noun or pronoun following them to be in that case; and this requisition is government. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Hannah More is a proper noun, of the third person, singular number, feminine gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Those who fight against: "Him and me went down town," fight against the stars in their courses, for the objective case in every language is bound and determined to be The Whole Thing. Back Home Don't say "She bowed to him and I" but "She bowed to him and me" since me is the objective case following the preposition to understood. How to Speak and Write Correctly As both pronouns are objects of the transitive verb appointed, both should be in the objective case. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking 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 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 The preeposition governs the objective case,” corrected her James Douglas McTear, commonly called “The Wee Laddie,” who himself wrote English better than he spoke it. Tommy and Co. The verb let is transitive and therefore takes the objective case. How to Speak and Write Correctly But the infinitive of the neuter verb requires the objective case. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking 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 Choice is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars I do not understand to be the neuter verb, lie, mispronounced, but to be the active verb lay, with the objective case understood; as "Lay yourselves forwards!" Two Years Before the Mast Them is the objective case of the personal pronoun and cannot be used adjectively like the demonstrative adjective pronoun. How to Speak and Write Correctly Whom, the objective case form of the pronoun who, should here be used. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Prepositions govern the objective case; as, "He went from Utica to Rome, and then passed through Redfield." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars When a noun or pronoun follows a preposition, it is in the objective case, because it is the object of the relation expressed by the preposition, and not the object of an action. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures After transitive verbs always use the objective cases of the pronouns. How to Speak and Write Correctly I can now give you a more extensive explanation of the objective case, than that which was given in a former lecture. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The nouns love and friendship, following in, are in the objective case, and governed by that preposition. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Happiness is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars A noun or pronoun in the objective case, cannot be, at the same time, the object of an action and of a relation. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Note the two mistakes in it,—that of the verb implying a condition, and that of the objective case of the pronoun. How to Speak and Write Correctly Every preposition expresses a relation, and every relation must have an object: consequently, every preposition must be followed by a noun or pronoun in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Prepositions are so called, because they are mostly placed before the nouns and pronouns which they govern in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Nouns may govern the possessive case before them, but not the objective after them; participles may govern the objective case, but not so properly the possessive. The Grammar of English Grammars The nominative case is frequently placed after the verb, and the objective case, before the verb that governs it. 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 It is a personal pronoun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars When self is added to the personal pronouns, as himself, myself, itself, themselves, &c. they are called compound personal pronouns, and are used in the nominative or objective case, but not in the possessive. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Joys is a common noun, of the third person, plural number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Don't forget that prepositions always take the objective case. How to Speak and Write Correctly The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars These remarks also prove, with equal force, the impropriety of calling these words merely simple pronouns or nouns in the nominative or objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Us is a personal pronoun, of the first person, plural number, masculine gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Admiration is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Her, when placed before a noun, is in the possessive case; as, Take her hat: when standing alone, it is in the objective case; as, Give the hat to her. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures It is a personal pronoun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Mankind is a common noun, collective, of the third person, conveying the idea of plurality, masculine gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Deed is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars A personal pronoun in the objective case, should not be used instead of these and those. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars It is a personal pronoun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars "Prepositions govern the objective case," is a rule for the objective case, and not for the syntax of prepositions. The Grammar of English Grammars Who, which, what, the relative that, and their compounds, whomever, whomsoever, &c., though in the objective case, are always placed before the verb; as, "He whom ye seek, has gone hence." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Chaos is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars "An adverb, an adjective, or a participle, may involve in itself the force of a preposition, and govern the objective case." The Grammar of English Grammars Here one is in the objective case, being in apposition with you, and other's is governed as before. The Grammar of English Grammars Improper, because it is in the objective case before the verb "to be," and they is in the nominative after; consequently, Rule 21 is violated. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Some teach that, "Every preposition requires an objective case after it." The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Again, he says, 'Active verbs govern the objective case;' although it is clear it is not the active meaning of the verb which requires the objective case, but the transitive, and that only. The Grammar of English Grammars The participles of active verbs act upon objects and govern them in the objective case, in the same manner that the verbs do, from which they are derived. The Grammar of English Grammars Formerly, what we call the objective cases of our pronouns, were employed in the same manner as our present nominatives are. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures When a preposition does not govern an objective case, it becomes an adverb; as, 'He rides about.' The Grammar of English Grammars Indeed this pronoun has been so frequently used for the objective case, that one may well doubt any grammarian's authority to condemn it in that construction. The Grammar of English Grammars God is a proper noun, of the third person, singular number, masculine gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Interjections require the objective case of a pronoun of the first person after them, but the nominative of a noun or pronoun of the second or third person; as, "Ah! me; Oh! thou; O! virtue." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures As the preposition is chiefly distinguished by its regimen, it is absurd to speak of it as governing nothing; yet it does not always govern the objective case, for participles and infinitives have no cases. The Grammar of English Grammars Him is a personal pronoun, of the third person, singular number, masculine gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Me is a personal pronoun, of the first person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars It is the object of the action of the transitive verb "love," and put by apposition with "God;" therefore it should be the objective case, him, according to Rule 7. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Here it may be said, "Many is a pronominal adjective, meaning many persons; of the third person, plural number, masculine gender, and objective case." The Grammar of English Grammars The verbs believe, think, imagine, and others expressing mental action, I suppose to be capable of governing nouns or pronouns in the objective case, and consequently of being interpreted transitively. The Grammar of English Grammars Maunder's rule is, "Transitive verbs and participles govern either the objective case or the infinitive mode." The Grammar of English Grammars Approach is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Ye, in the nominative case, is erroneous, because it is the object of the action expressed by the transitive verb "hath quickened;" and therefore it should be you, in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Grammar is a common noun, of the third person, singular number, neuter gender, and objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars The latter is a declinable word, and found in the objective case; the former is indeclinable, and found in no case. The Grammar of English Grammars If the learner infer from it, that all prepositions must necessarily govern the objective case, or that the objective case is always governed by a preposition, he will be led into a great mistake. The Grammar of English Grammars Active-intransitive verbs sometimes assume a transitive form, and govern the objective case; as, "To dream a dream; To run a race; To walk the horse; To dance the child; To fly the kite." English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Here believe does not govern brother, in the objective case, because it is not the object after it. The Grammar of English Grammars Thus Nixon: "The objective case is frequently put before the infinitive mood, as its subject; as, 'Suffer me to depart.'" The Grammar of English Grammars The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun, which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars Of and to are prepositions, governing the nouns that follow them in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures The objective case is that form or state of a noun or pronoun which usually denotes the object of a verb, participle, or preposition. The Grammar of English Grammars A Noun or a Pronoun made the object of an active-transitive verb or participle, is governed by it in the objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars A Noun or a Pronoun made the object of a preposition, is governed by it in the objective case. The Grammar of English Grammars Lowth says, "In English the nominative case, denoting the agent, usually goes before the verb, or attribution; and the objective case, denoting the object, follows the verb active." The Grammar of English Grammars Prepositions govern the objective case, but they do not express an action done to some object, as an active-transitive verb or participle does. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures |
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