Nominative Case

The Nominative case is primarily the subject case.  Here is a catalog of nominative case uses:

 

As a skeleton item:

bulletAs subject of a finite verb (all skeletons)
bulletAs subject complement in a linking skeleton.

Other Cases

Nominative Case
Genitive Case
Dative Case
Accusative Case
Ablative Case

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Sentence Structure
Morphology
Skeleton Types
Verbs
Case Usage
Adverbs
Infinitives
Gerunds
Gerundives
Dependent Clauses
Connection
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Related Topics

Noun Syntax

Skeleton Types

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Last Updated March 18, 2003

Questions, comments and corrections should be sent to Brian K. Harvey, Kent State University