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Ann225 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Accusative

Hi,

1) Some languages have grammatical cases (nominative, genitive etc.) Can I then say that I need to put a certain word in the nominative (form)?

Second question - When I use the cases, do I say that I 'decline' the words? I'm not sure if 'decline' works here.

2) make a pitch for

"He made a pitch for me to join the band but his friends were less eager." Would this be okay in British English?

Thank you.

  

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) Latin, for example. Can I then say that I need to put a certain word in the nominative (form)? Yes.

— Clive

  • ) Latin, for example.
  • Can I then say that I need to put a certain word in the nominative (form)?
  • Yes.
  • Second question - When I uses the cases, do I say that I 'decline' the words?
  • I'm not sure if 'decline' works here.
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1) Some languages have grammatical cases (nominative, genitive etc.) Latin, for example.

Can I then say that I need to put a certain word in the nominative (form)? Yes.

Second question - When I uses the cases, do I say that I 'decline' the words? I'm not sure if 'decline' works here. Yes. ( But with a verb, you conjugate it.)

2) make a pitch for

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1. There are cases in English, but there is declination for case in English only with the personal pronouns. Nouns in English are not declined for case, and case for nouns is shown in English by word order in a sentence. For example:


"I gave (to) him the book." In this sentence "I" is the first person nominative case form, "him" is the third person dative case form. The noun,

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