Unit_009

Question 1

Nouns and pronouns have certain relationships to other words in a sentence. We show these relationships by indicating the case of the noun or the pronoun. The case is used to show the particular relationship that a noun or pronoun has to other words in the sentence.

Answer 1

English Grammar Rule #68

Question 2

There are three cases in English: the nominative case, the objective case, and the possessive case. The nominative case is the case of the subject. A predicate noun is also in the nominative case because it refers to the same person or thing as the subject.

Answer 2

English Grammar Rule #69

Question 3

the objective case is the case of the object. The direct object of a verb, the indirect object of a verb, and the object of a preposition are in the objective case.

Answer 3

English Grammar Rule #70

Question 4

Nouns present very few problems in case because the same form is used for the nominative case and the objective case. The only way to tell whether a noun is in the nominative case or the objective case is to study its function in the sentence

Answer 4

English Grammar Rule #71

Question 5

Pronouns do present a problem in case. There are only six pronouns in the English language that have different forms for the different cases. But these changes are very important because they are responsible for many of the errors that occur in the use of pronouns. The six pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, and who. Every student of grammar should become familiar with the different forms of these pronouns.

Answer 5

English Grammar Rule #73

Question 6

The possessive case shows ownership or possession. The possessive case does not involve a change in the form of a noun, but it does require the use of certain endings to show possession. Although the rule for forming the possessive case of nouns is very simple,many students have difficulty in spelling and writing these forms correctly.

Answer 6

English Grammar Rule #74

Question 7

If you keep the following fact in mind, you will have little difficulty in forming the possessive case of nouns correctly: The sign of the possessive is something that id added to the word. It is not something that is inserted within the word. You must be sure of the correct form for the singular or the plural before you try to make either form possessive.

Answer 7

English Grammar Rule #75

Question 8

The indefinite pronouns form the possessive case in the same way that nouns do. The personal pronouns and the pronoun who have special forms to show the possessive case: my, mine, our, ours, your, yours, her, hers, his, its, their, theirs, whose. These forms are never written with an apostrophe.

Answer 8

English Grammar Rule #76