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objective case

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  1. A grammatical term indicating that a noun or pronoun is an object. (See case and nominative case.)


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Accordingly, writers in these fields place high value on neutral and objective case analysis and inferences based on the careful examination of data.

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

We wanted the objective case, “them,” parallel with “him.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014

Thus, in the sentence, I could not wish John to be him, him is properly in the objective case, since there is an expressed subject of the infinitive, John, which is in the objective case.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Thomas Wood

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