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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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Remember that whom is in the objective case.

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

Preposition, defined, 49; phrase introduced by, 52; followed by the objective case, 66, 119; and the conjunction, 116 ff.; the wrong, 119; necessary, 119.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

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