Do you know what English cases are? This article will provide you with all of the information you need on English cases, including the definition, usage, example sentences, and more!
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November 24, 2021
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What is an English case?
According to Grammar Monster, there are four main English cases: the subjective case, objective case, possessive case, and vocative case. These refer to a noun or a pronoun’s relationship with the other words in a sentence. When studying a foreign language like German, Ancient Greek, or European languages, you might see the nominative case, accusative case, genitive case, dative case, or instrumental case. Possessive forms, genitive forms, and more types of grammatical case all have a different grammatical function. In these different sorts of common case, each have a distinct form that may affect pronoun usage, the object of the preposition, English personal pronouns, possessive adjectives, word order, case inflection, the indirect object of the verb, indefinite pronouns, object pronouns, the case of nouns or the rest of the words, and more. The case of a noun or the position of that noun for English nouns can change depending on the case.
These are not to be confused with court cases that one might find written by current reporters like case reporters in law journal reports or other coverage such as weekly law reports and official law reports. The common law system in England pass judgmentson criminal cases and appeals cases from a high court, house of lords, queens’ bench, or chancery division like law reports series.
What are English case examples?
An English case can be used in many different contexts in the English language. Trying to use a word or literary technique in a sentence is one of the best ways to memorize what it is, but you can also try making flashcards or quizzes that test your knowledge. Try using this term of the day in a sentence today! The following examples of English cases from Grammar Monster and Learn English can help get you started incorporating this tool into your everyday use. Try to use the term English cases today or notice when someone else is using an English case.
- Come here, you big lump. Take your noogie like a man.
- Almonds are a member of the peach family.
- My family does not approve this.
- Robert, could you please open the door?
- He works very hard for the company.
- His brother lives in the city.Â
- Louis works in the management.
- How are you, Susan?
- Bader’s philosophy was my philosophy. His whole attitude to life was mine. (Actor Kenneth More, who played RAF fighter ace Douglas Bader in “Reach for the Sky”)
- You, watch out the bus.
- I love to watch movies in my free time.
- Frogs don’t drink water. They absorb it.
- Lee went to Greggs. He supports Greggs.
- Robin’s house is near the river.Â
- Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars. (Comedian Fred Allen)
- I know your auntie, David.
- He loves pizza.
- If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank. (Woody Allen)
- Ladies and gentleman, please take your seats.
- An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
- Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg travelled around the world in 80 days.
- Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Comedian Groucho Marx)
- Kites rise highest against the wind not with it. (Prime Minister Winston Churchill)
- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. (Painter Pablo Picasso)
- Robert told me that.
- The mouse ran under the bed.
- Robert does not eat burgers.
- It was he.
- Anteaters prefer termites.
- Listen to me, Russel.
- Give her this message.
- Weighing 23,237 pounds, the world’s largest meat pie was made by 17 catering students from Stratford-upon-Avon College.
- Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world. (Latin writer Publilius Syrus)
- If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you first must invent the universe. (Astronomer Carl Sagan)
- Shaun’s wife has passed away.
- Reading is a very good habit.
- Alex follows Robert.
What are other literary techniques and devices?
There are many different literary and grammatical techniques and devices that you might see when you are reading prose or poetry. It is important to recognize these terms because they are always used for some purpose. Knowing these devices can help readers understand the author’s deeper meaning and why they are using such a device. Take a look at the below list of grammatical devices from OED and see how many you know! Then try researching ones that are unfamiliar to you.Â
- copular verb | copula
- Â cognate object
- Â object | direct object | indirect object
- Â passive infinitive
- Â neuter
- Â parenthetical | parenthetically
- Â present tense
- Â non-referential
- Â reflexive
- Â direct speech
- Â suffix
- Â apposition
- Â feminine
- Â declarative
- Â article
- Â pro-form
- Â anaphoric
- Â dative
- Â adverbial | adverbially
- Â dual
- Â compound | compounding
- Â zero
- Â count noun
- Â ellipsis | elliptical
- Â adverb (adv.)
- Â intensifier
- Â transitive
- Â nominal relative | nominal relative clause
- Â intransitive
- Â sentence adverb |sentence adverbial
- Â pronoun (pron.)
- Â superlative
- Â personal pronoun
- Â protasis
- Â postmodify | postmodifier
- Â prepositional object
- Â interjection
- Â double object
- Â perfect
- Â that-clause
- Â inflection | inflected | inflectional
- Â determiner
- Â prepositional phrase
- Â phrasal verb
- Â second person
- Â conditional
- Â adjective
- Â positive
- Â construed (const., constr.)
- Â tense
- Â first person
- Â vocative
- Â passive
- Â progressive
- Â causative
- Â direct object
- Â participle | past participle | present participle
- Â premodify | premodifier
- Â periphrasis | periphrastic
- Â case
- Â main clause
- Â interrogative
- Â main verb
- Â conjunction (conj.)
- Â cataphoric
- Â noun (n.)
- Â number
- Â phrase (phr.)
- Â indirect question
- Â subordinate clause
- Â element
- Â plural
- Â agree | agreement
- Â possessive pronouns | proper name
- Â prefix
- Â anticipatory
- Â finite
- Â direct question
- Â absolute (absol.)
- Â attributive
- Â relative
- Â abstract
- Â combining form (comb. form)
- Â auxiliary verb | auxiliary
- Â present participle
- Â mass noun
- Â person
- Â instrumental
- Â possessive
- Â imperative (imper.)
- Â preposition (prep.)
- Â active
- Â participial adjective
- Â genitive
- Â singular
- Â filler
- Â noun phrase
- Â verb (v.)
- Â gender
- Â parasynthetic
- Â modify | modifier
- Â possessive adjective
- Â appositive
- Â base form
- Â complement
- Â unmarked genitive
- Â subjunctive
- Â common noun
- Â modal verb | modal auxiliary verb | modal auxiliary
- Â combination
- Â infinitive
- Â nominative
- Â past tense
- Â construction
- Â head
- Â part of speech
- Â indefinite
- Â objective
- Â bare infinitive
- Â indirect passive
- Â impersonal (impers.)
- Â special use
- Â pleonasm | pleonastic
- Â simple
- Â concrete
- Â demonstrative
- Â similative
- Â predicative
- Â apodosis and protasis
- Â masculine
- Â agent noun
- Â locative
- Â complementary
- Â optative
- Â indirect speech
- Â antecedent
- Â stem
- Â morpheme
- Â prepositional passive
- Â collocation | collocate
- Â indicative
- Â clause
- Â verbal noun
- Â possessive pronoun
- Â definite article
- Â mood
- Â third-person
- Â non-finite
- Â to-infinitive
- Â subject
- Â comparative
- Â accusative
- Â collective noun
- Â quasi-
- Â indirect object
- Â past participle
- Â subjective
Overall, the term English cases refer to a noun or a pronoun’s relationship with the other words in a sentence.
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