Nominative Case (Noun)
Meaning
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The noun "dog" is in the nominative case as the subject of the sentence "The dog runs quickly".
- In the sentence "The cat and the dog are sleeping", both "cat" and "dog" are in the nominative case as they are the subjects.
- The nominative case is often confused with the objective case, but they have distinct roles in sentence construction.
- The noun "president" is in the nominative case as it is the subject of the sentence "The president is giving a speech today".
- In the phrase "The manager of the company", the noun "manager" is in the nominative case, even though it is modified by the prepositional phrase.