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" Nominatives. A Noun or Pronoun, used as the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case. "
First Lessons in English Grammar - Page 100
by Simon Kerl - 1865 - 168 pages
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Schools

William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pages
...which one word has over another, in determining its state. RULES OF SYNTAX. RULE I. — NOMINATIVES. The subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case ; as, " The moon shines with borrowed light ;" — " Thou shall not steal." . What are the principal...
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Common Schools, Academies ...

Edward J. Hallock - 1849 - 262 pages
...References will be made only to those sections to which no reference has hitherto been made. RULE. The subject of a finite verb must be in the nominative case. RULE. The object of a transitive verb is put in the objective case. EXAMPLES FOR PARSING. Apples' grow....
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Weld's New English Grammar: Weld's English Grammar, Illustrated by Exercises ...

Allen Hayden Weld - 1852 - 244 pages
...nouns ? Give an example. Why is the expression it is me, mcorrect ? SECTION XLVIII. EULE III. 437. The subject of a finite verb must be in the nominative case. HOLE IV. 438. A verb must agree with its subject nominative in number and person. NOTE. — The verbs...
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A Grammar of the English Language: For the Use of Common Schools, Academies ...

Edward J. Hallock - 1854 - 260 pages
...References will be made only to those sections to which no reference has hitherto been made. RULE. The subject of a finite verb must be in the nominative case. RULE. The object of a transitive verb is put in the objective case. EXAMPLES FOR PARSING. Apples' grow....
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Student and Family Miscellany, Volumes 7-8

1854 - 402 pages
...oblige to be in" a certain number and person ? B. 1. A finite verb governs the nominative case. 2. The subject of a finite verb must be in the nominative case. If a thing " must be," is it not governed ? Which is the simplest and best form to express the sense...
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The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Forms of ...

Goold Brown - 1856 - 362 pages
...is tie subject of will compensate; according to Rule II, which says, "A noun or a pronoun which la the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case." Because the meaning is — enterprise will compensate, Alas is an interjection, indicating sorrow:...
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Brown's Small Grammar Improved: The First Lines of English Grammar; Being a ...

Goold Brown - 1856 - 136 pages
...mouthe, I'll rant as well as thou." — Sluik. KULE II. — NOMINATIVES. A Noun or a Pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case : as, " I know thou sayst it : says thy life the same ?" Obs. 1. — Every nominative belongs to some...
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The first lines of English grammar, a brief abstract of the 'Institutes of ...

Goold Brown - 1856 - 142 pages
...mouthe, I'll rant as well as thou." — Shak. KULE II. — NOMINATIVES. A Noun or a Pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case : as, " I know thou sayst it : says thy life the same ?" Obs. 1. — Every nominative belongs to some...
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The Freewill Baptist Quarterly, Volume 4

1856 - 496 pages
...not correct, and to enable the student to correct it, they give this rule, and this only, viz. : " The subject of a finite verb must be in the nominative case." Well, let us apply their own logic to this example, thus: The word "him" is used as the subject of...
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Brown's Grammar Improved: The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically ...

Goold Brown - 1860 - 354 pages
...is the subject of will compensate; according to Rule II, which says, " A noun or a pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case." Because the meaning is — enterprise will compensate. Alas is an interjection, indicating sorrow:...
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