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subject case

 

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Noun subject case has 1 sense
  1. nominative, nominative case, subject case - the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
    --1 is a kind of case, grammatical case

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Subject Case

The term "subject case" refers to the grammatical case used for the subject of a sentence. In English, the subject case is typically associated with the nominative case.

Examples:

Noun:

The cat is sleeping. (Here, "the cat" is the subject of the sentence.)

Pronoun:

She is my best friend. (In this sentence, "she" is the subject of the sentence.)

Adjective:

Happy people make the world a better place. (In this sentence, "happy" modifies the subject of the sentence.)

Verb:

Running is John's favorite exercise. (Here, "running" acts as a gerund and serves as the subject of the sentence.)

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