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nominative (nŏm`ĭnətĭv), [Lat.,=naming], in Latin grammar, the case case, in language, one of the several possible forms of a given noun, pronoun, or adjective that indicates its grammatical function (see inflection ); in inflected languages it is usually indicated by a series of suffixes attached to a stem, as in Latin amicus, ..... Click the link for more information. usually employed for the noun noun [Lat.,=name], in English, part of speech of vast semantic range. It can be used to name a person, place, thing, idea, or time. It generally functions as subject, object, or indirect object of the verb in the sentence, and may be distinguished by a number of ..... Click the link for more information. that is the subject of the sentence. The term is used in the grammar of languages with Latinlike features, but the case may in fact have different functions. |
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it's me, and me's the first person singular, nominative case, agreeing with the verb "it's", and governed by Squeers understood, as a acorn, a hour; but when the h is sounded, the a only is to be used, as a and, a art, a ighway,' replied Mr Squeers, quoting at random from the grammar. Pressed to fall back upon a nominative case, he opined that they wos about as red as ever red could be. Tom, however, with the most heroic virtue and gallantry, rushed into his sentence, searching in a high-minded manner for nominative and verb, and turning over his dictionary frantically for the first hard word that stopped him. |
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