objective 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
“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
But is sometimes used as a preposition and when so used takes the objective case.
From Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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