objective case
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Remember that whom is in the objective case.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
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".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2021
If chalk wins out and the No. 1 overall seed Zags take the title, they will have the strongest objective case for the claim of best team ever.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2021
“Which” can be either subjective or objective case — it is used for both the subject and the object of a relative clause.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2015
Note.—In other instances than those in which clearness is involved many good writers use the objective case with the gerund.
From The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever
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