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  2. Oblique case - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, an oblique (abbreviated OBL; from Latin: casus obliquus) or objective case (abbr. OBJ) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes, the vocative. A noun or pronoun in the oblique case can generally appear in any role except as subject, for which the nominative case is used. [1]

  3. Grammatical case - Wikipedia

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    Most English personal pronouns have five forms: the nominative case form, the oblique case form, a distinct reflexive or intensive form (such as myself, ourselves) which is based upon the possessive determiner form but is coreferential to a preceding instance of nominative or oblique, and the possessive case forms, which include both a ...

  4. English personal pronouns - Wikipedia

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    objective (accusative) case (me, us, etc.), used as the object of a verb, complement of a preposition, and the subject of a verb in some constructions (see § Case usage below). The same forms are also used as disjunctive pronouns. subjective (nominative) case (I, we, etc.), used as the subject of a verb (see also § Case usage below).

  5. Nominative case - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, the nominative case (abbreviated NOM), subjective case, straight case, or upright case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb, or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a predicative nominal or adjective, as opposed to its object, or other verb arguments.

  6. Declension - Wikipedia

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    Whereas nouns do not distinguish between the subjective (nominative) and objective (oblique) cases, some pronouns do; that is, they decline to reflect their relationship to a verb or preposition, or case. Consider the difference between he (subjective) and him (objective), as in "He saw it" and "It saw him"; similarly, consider who, which is ...

  7. Case role - Wikipedia

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    Differences between English and Latin [15]: p.2 Similarities between English and Latin [15]: p.2 (6a) Case morphology in English is phonologically zero (excluding personal pronouns) English has accusative case, but not dative and ablative like Latin (6b) English allows nominal complements in the same contexts Latin assigns accusative case

  8. Object pronoun - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, an object pronoun is a personal pronoun that is used typically as a grammatical object: the direct or indirect object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. Object pronouns contrast with subject pronouns. Object pronouns in English take the objective case, sometimes called the oblique case or object case. [1]

  9. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    In addition, a few English pronouns have distinct nominative (also called subjective) and oblique (or objective) forms; that is, they decline to reflect their relationship to a verb or preposition, or case. Consider the difference between he (subjective) and him (objective), as in "He saw it" and "It saw him"; similarly, consider who, which is ...