Category: Cases

Possessive cases indicate a relationship of possession or belongingness between two nouns or a noun and a pronoun. Example: Robin’s house is near the river. (Two nouns related in the basis of possession.) His brother lives in the city. (A pronoun and a noun) My family does not approve this. Shaun’s wife has passed away. Note: The…

When a noun or a pronoun works as an object in the sentence, an objective case appears. Example: Robert does not eat burgers. He loves pizza. Robert told me that. Alex follows Robert.

When a noun or a pronoun works as a subject in the sentence, a subjective case appears. Example: Louis works in the management. He works very hard for the company. I love to watch movies in my free time. Reading is a very good habit.

Cases indicate the grammatical functions of nouns and pronouns according to their relation with rest of the words in a sentence.