english terminology

[Anonymous]

what is a nominative case construction?
and what is a objective case construction?

 

[RonBee]

The nominative case is a grammatical case for a noun. A word that is in the nominative case is a noun that is the subject of a verb.

• nominative case
  n : the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nominative case

• nominative case
  The grammatical term indicating that a noun or pronoun is the subject of a sentence or clause rather than its object.
  http://www.bartleby.com/59/7/nominativeca.html

The objective case is a grammatical case for nouns. A word in the objective case serves as a direct object of a verb or preposition.

• objective
  2. Gram.
  a. Also called objective case. (in English and some other languages) a case specialized for the use of a form as the object of a transitive verb or of a preposition, as him in The boy hit him, or me in He comes to me with his troubles.
  http://www.infoplease.com/ipd/A0563439.html

• objective case
  n : the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
  http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=objective case

• objective case
  A grammatical term indicating that a noun or pronoun is an object.
  http://www.bartleby.com/59/7/objectivecas.html

 

[MikeNewYork]

what is a nominative case construction?
and what is a objective case construction?

English doesn't pay much attention to case except for pronouns. As Ron said, if a pronoun is the subject of a sentence or clause, we use nominative case pronouns: I, you, he/she/it/, we, they, who. If a pronoun is the object of a verb or preposition, we use objective case pronouns: me, you, him/her/it, us, them, whom.