"Nominative case" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... speaks of "Mary the mother of James and Joses;" Mark, of "Mary the mother of James the less and of Joseph and Salome," but not "of Salome." If Mr. Laing's precise mind had looked for a moment at the text he was criticizing he would have seen that Salome is a common name in the nominative case. St. Luke does not give the names of the women at all. These points are trifling in themselves, but important as evidencing Mr. Laing's ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell
... was him" is incorrect, because the word which forms the pronoun attribute of the verb was must be in the nominative case. But the infinitive of the neuter verb requires the objective case. Therefore we must say, "I knew it to be him," not "I knew it to be he." The latter faulty ...
— Slips of Speech • John H. Bechtel
... humble status the particle ga is also used; e.g., soregaxi ga caita fumi 'the letter which I wrote,' sochi ga ita coto 'what you said.' The particles cara and iori are used to form the {112} nominative case when the sentence shows a transitive action, especially if the sentence contains a relative construction; e.g., Deus iori cudasareta gracia 'the mercy which God gave,' tono cara core vo vxe tuqerareta 'the Lord taught this.' Sometimes the words are in the nominative ...
— Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language • Diego Collado
... experience.—Re cognita. "Cognita" be it observed, tironum gratia, is the nominative case. "Catiline had experienced the friendship of Catulus in his affair with Fabia Terentia; for it was by his means that he escaped when he was brought to trial, as is related ...
— Conspiracy of Catiline and The Jurgurthine War • Sallust
... grammar.' Yet it stands to reason, I think, that this must be so with some of the most glaring examples at all events. A moment's reflection will show that one who could write [Greek: apo ho on, k.t.l.], 'from He that is,' etc. (Rev. i. 4), in sheer ignorance that [Greek: apo] does not take a nominative case, would be incapable of writing any two or three consecutive verses of the Apocalypse. The book, after all allowance made for solecisms, shows a very considerable command of the Greek vocabulary, and (what is more important) ...
— Essays on "Supernatural Religion" • Joseph B. Lightfoot |
