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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
What do you think of my sentences?
I came up with some sentences inspired by etymology to help me remember case grammar. What do you think?
"Oliver the Great earned his name as a loyal subject of the king."
Here 'Oliver the Great' is Nominative i.e. casus nominativus "case for naming"
"Oliver accused him of being objectionable."
Here 'him' is accusative, indicating the object.
"She gave Oliver a date."
Here 'Oliver' is dative, indicating the person given something.
"Property exists to protect the selfish gene's means of reproduction"
Here 'Gene's' is genitive, indicating possession.
I'll take criticism, improvements and sentences of your own.
Thanks, Oliver (first time user).
"Oliver the Great earned his name as a loyal subject of the king."
Here 'Oliver the Great' is Nominative i.e. casus nominativus "case for naming"
"Oliver accused him of being objectionable."
Here 'him' is accusative, indicating the object.
"She gave Oliver a date."
Here 'Oliver' is dative, indicating the person given something.
"Property exists to protect the selfish gene's means of reproduction"
Here 'Gene's' is genitive, indicating possession.
I'll take criticism, improvements and sentences of your own.
Thanks, Oliver (first time user).
Top answer
Oliver, your dinner is ready! Here, 'Oliver' is vocative. Mary received a kiss from Oliver.
- Oliver, your dinner is ready!
- Here, 'Oliver' is vocative.
- Mary received a kiss from Oliver.
- Here, 'from Oliver' is ablative.
- Clive
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Oliver, your dinner is ready!
Here, 'Oliver' is vocative.
Mary received a kiss from Oliver.
Here, 'from Oliver' is ablative.
Clive
Here, 'Oliver' is vocative.
Mary received a kiss from Oliver.
Here, 'from Oliver' is ablative.
Clive
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CliveMary received a kiss from Oliver.Here, 'from Oliver' is ablative.I don't know many writers who would say that English has an ablative case.
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Anonymous"Oliver the Great earned his name as a loyal subject of the king."Here 'Oliver the Great' is Nominative i.e. casus nominativus "case for naming"No, it's the plain (or common) case. Nominative is an inflectional case that only exists today in some pronouns, like "I", "he", "we", "who".
Anonymous "She gave Oliver
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BillJ Modern-day English does not have a dative case.I'm with BillJ on that.
I'm a non-native and I have to admit that the beauty of modern English is in its rudimentary declension and conjugation. And in my opinion, it is the reason for which English is so popular all around the world. The way the author of the original post treats the case as he di
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Haha, Yes Clive!
These are very good indeed. I'll add them to my collection.
But now they're saying this is a pointless exercise, merely because it has absoletly nothing to do with modern English boohoo.
These are very good indeed. I'll add them to my collection.
But now they're saying this is a pointless exercise, merely because it has absoletly nothing to do with modern English boohoo.
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I'm afraid I agree.
Given that English has only the "subject" case and the "object" case and that it shows up only in pronouns, unless you are going to go on to learn Latin or figure out which "the" to use in German, it may be a fun (?) exercise but not very useful.
Given that English has only the "subject" case and the "object" case and that it shows up only in pronouns, unless you are going to go on to learn Latin or figure out which "the" to use in German, it may be a fun (?) exercise but not very useful.
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Okay Clive. I tried giving both these cases an etymological flourish. Here's what a came up with.
"Clive, please don't vocalise your Latin snobbery."
"What a fun vocation you must have in Anglisc linguistics, Clive."
"Mary received helpful tips on ab lateral workouts from Clive."
That last one isn't very good, but the word "ablative" was to unique for me to do better
"Clive, please don't vocalise your Latin snobbery."
"What a fun vocation you must have in Anglisc linguistics, Clive."
"Mary received helpful tips on ab lateral workouts from Clive."
That last one isn't very good, but the word "ablative" was to unique for me to do better
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Here, "not very useful" is in the Barbarative case.
Hehe, barbaric. Sorry, couldn't resist.
No really, I'm just m
Hehe, barbaric. Sorry, couldn't resist.
No really, I'm just m
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fivejedjonI don't know many writers who would say that English has an ablative case.Yes, but we should have one anyway. Otherwise, how can we have an 'ablative absolute' construction?
Omnia Gallia in tres partes divisa est and all that.
CJ
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CalifJimOmnia Gallia in tres partes divisa estThat's not an absolute construction.
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