objective case

NOUN
  1. the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
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How To Use objective case In A Sentence

  • The objective case should be used as a direct object. A Short Guide to Writing About History
  • The objective case should be used as a direct object. A Short Guide to Writing About History
  • 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
  • The objective case should be used as a direct object. A Short Guide to Writing About History
  • The boy _flies_ the kite, the verb _fly_ is _transitive_, and governs the noun _kite_ in the objective case. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
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  • A lovely fact about English is that the subjects of nonfinite verbs are in the objective case ``I don't like him saying that.'' So maybe Chief Justice Roberts was instinctively editing and "improving" the wording of the constitutional oath.
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