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nominative case

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Noun1.nominative case - the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
nominative, subject case
grammatical case, case - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence


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it's me, and me's the first person singular, nominative case, agreeing with the verb "it's", and governed by Squeers understood, as a acorn, a hour; but when the h is sounded, the a only is to be used, as a and, a art, a ighway,' replied Mr Squeers, quoting at random from the grammar.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context
Pressed to fall back upon a nominative case, he opined that they wos about as red as ever red could be.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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