nominative

Part of speech: noun

The nominative case.

Part of speech: adjective

Naming or being the subject of a sentence.

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Usage examples "nominative":

  1. The Greek takes sadai as breasts and nominative to the verb: Do the breasts of the rock give out? - "Jeremiah", George Adam Smith.
  2. This was a more highly educated person than Nicholas, thought the visitor, remarking the use of the nominative scorned of the Prince. - "The Magnetic North", Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond).
  3. 12. " In English therefore names have two cases only, the nominative or simple name, and the possessive." - "The Grammar of English Grammars", Goold Brown.