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Objective Case

The objective case is a grammatical category used in various languages to indicate the object of a verb or preposition.

Usage:

In English, the objective case takes different forms depending on the role it plays in a sentence.

Senses:

1. Grammatical Sense: In grammar, the objective case is a form of a noun or pronoun used as a direct or indirect object, or as the object of a preposition. For example:

• He gave her a gift. [her is in the objective case as the indirect object]
• She hit him. [him is in the objective case as the direct object]
• The book is for you. [you is in the objective case as the object of the preposition]

2. Popular Sense: In a broader sense, the objective case refers to the objective form of a pronoun that serves as an object in a sentence. For instance:

• I saw him at the park. [him is in the objective case as the object of the verb]
• The teacher gave the test to whoever finished early. [whoever is in the objective case as the object of the preposition]

3. Local Sense: The term "objective case" is also commonly used to refer to the accusative case or the dative case in certain languages. These cases serve various grammatical functions related to objects. Example:

• Ich habe ihm das Buch gegeben. [ihm (to him) is in the objective case as the dative object]
• Ich sehe dich. [dich (you) is in the objective case as the accusative object]

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