{"id":2709,"date":"2017-12-05T08:50:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T08:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2017-12-05T08:59:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T08:59:20","slug":"nominative-accusative-and-possessive-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/nominative-accusative-and-possessive-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominative, Accusative And Possessive Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Case<\/strong> shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to another word in a sentence. A noun or pronoun can be in the following cases:<\/p>\n<p>1) Nominative case<br \/>\n2) Objective (or accusative) case<br \/>\n3) Dative case<br \/>\n4) Vocative case<br \/>\n5) Case in apposition<br \/>\n6) Possessive case<\/p>\n<h2>Nominative and Objective Case<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following sentence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John broke the window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here John is the subject of the verb broke. When a noun or a pronoun is used as the subject of a verb, it is said to be in the nominative case.<\/p>\n<p>Now read the following sentence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He wrote a letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here \u2018a letter\u2019 is the object of the verb \u2018wrote\u2019. When a noun or pronoun is used as the object of a verb, it is said to be in the objective case. A noun which comes after a preposition is also said to be in the objective case, the noun being the object of the preposition.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She sat beside him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Here the noun him is the object of the preposition beside. It is therefore in the objective case.)<\/p>\n<h2>Dative and Vocative Case<\/h2>\n<p>Some verbs take two objects: a direct object and an indirect object.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She gave me a book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here me is the indirect object of the verb gave while book is the direct object. A noun used as the direct object of the verb is said to be in the objective case, whereas a noun used as the indirect object of the verb is said to be in the dative case.<\/p>\n<h2>Vocative case<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following sentences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John, come here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here the noun John is used for addressing a person or thing. A noun used to address a person or thing is said to be in the vocative case.<\/p>\n<h2>Case in Apposition<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following sentences.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alice, my sister, is a journalist.<\/li>\n<li>They called John, the doctor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here the nouns Alice and my sister refer to the same person. Similarly, the nouns John and the doctor refer to the same person. When a noun follows another noun or pronoun denoting the same person, it is said to be in Case in apposition to the noun or pronoun coming before it.<\/p>\n<p>Here the noun my sister is case in apposition to the noun Alice. Similarly, the noun doctor is case in apposition to the noun John.<\/p>\n<h2>Possessive Case<\/h2>\n<p>Read the following sentence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is Ram\u2019s house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here the noun Ram\u2019s is in the possessive case. A noun which shows ownership or possession is said to be in the possessive case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the possessive case is formed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. When the noun is singular, the possessive case is formed by adding \u2019s to the noun.<\/p>\n<p>John\u2019s mother<br \/>\nMary\u2019s goat<\/p>\n<p>2. When the noun is plural and does not end in -s, the possessive case is formed by adding \u2019s to the noun.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s hostel<br \/>\nThe people\u2019s voice<\/p>\n<p>3. To form the possessive case of a plural noun ending in \u2013s, we simply add an apostrophe (\u2019) without -s.<\/p>\n<p>A boys\u2019 school<\/p>\n<p>4. Singular nouns ending in \u2013s may form the possessive by adding apostrophe (\u2019) with or without \u2013s.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas\u2019s house OR Thomas\u2019 house<br \/>\nYeats\u2019s poems OR Yeats\u2019 poems<\/p>\n<p>5. In compound nouns, \u2019s is added to the last word.<\/p>\n<p>My sister-in-law\u2019s daughter<\/p>\n<p>Notes<\/p>\n<p>The letter \u2013s is omitted and only apostrophe (\u2019) is added when too many hissing sounds occur in a word.<\/p>\n<p>For conscience\u2019 sake<br \/>\nFor goodness\u2019 sake<br \/>\nFor Jesus\u2019 sake<\/p>\n<h2>Use of the possessive Case<\/h2>\n<p>Possessive case is mainly used with the names of living things. Sometimes, it is also used with personified objects.<\/p>\n<p>Krishna\u2019s palace<br \/>\nGirls\u2019 school<br \/>\nChildren\u2019s newspaper<br \/>\nThe bird\u2019s eggs<\/p>\n<p>Possessive case is also used with nouns of space, time or weight.<\/p>\n<p>A month\u2019s salary<br \/>\nA yard\u2019s length<\/p>\n<p>Possessive case is not normally used with non-living things. You cannot say \u2018a table\u2019s leg\u2019 or \u2018clock\u2019 hand\u2019. Instead, say \u2018the leg of the table\u2019 or \u2018the hand of the clock\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Possessive Case Exercise<\/h2>\n<p>Correct the following sentences.<\/p>\n<p>1. The house\u2019s roof was blown off in the storm.<br \/>\n2. Have you seen Tagore\u2019s, the poet\u2019s paintings?<br \/>\n3. These are the student\u2019s bags who are playing.<br \/>\n4. It is his mother\u2019s brother\u2019s son\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. The roof of the house was blown off in the storm. (The possessive case is not normally used with non-living things)<br \/>\n2. Have you seen Tagore, the poet\u2019s paintings? (When two nouns in the possessive case are in apposition, the \u2019s is added to the second noun.)<br \/>\n3. These are the bags of the students who are playing.<br \/>\n4. It is his cousin\u2019s house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case shows how a noun or a pronoun is related to another word in a sentence. 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