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18 Cards in this Set
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What is the subject nominative? |
When the verb is in the third person, the subject is often designated by a noun or other construction in the nominative case
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What is the predicate nominative?
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Used with a linking verb; it identifies or qualifies a noun
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What is the nominative of apposition?
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When one nominal is followed by another that explains or identifies the first by giving more specific information. They are usually in the same case, sometimes they are not.
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What is the nominative of address?
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Used to designate the person being addressed and has an article. Vocatives do not take articles.
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What is the nominative of appellation?
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When a proper name or title is mentioned, it is sometimes placed in the nominative case instead of the case expected by the construction, usually after verbs of naming or calling.
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What is the nominative absolute?
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Nominative constructions that show no grammatical relationship to the rest of the sentence.
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What is the nominative absolute used for?
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1) Exclamations
2) Book Titles 3) Salutations 4) Cleft Construction |
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What is a cleft construction?
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A focusing device that highlights information at the beginning of a sentence that is repeated later in the same sentence.
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What is an adverbial nominative?
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A nominative noun used as an adverb?
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What is the vocative case?
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Case of direct address. It is used without the article.
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What is the accusative of direct object?
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A direct object is a noun or phrase denoting the person or thing that receives the action of an active, transitive verb, participle, or infinitive.
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What is the double accusative?
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Certain verbs take two objects in the accusative to complete the thought of the verb.
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What are the certain verbs that take two objects in the accusative to complete the thought of the verb?
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1) Personal and Impersonal objects
2) Direct and Predicate objects |
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What is the cognate accusative? |
An accusative noun that has the same stem as the verb.
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What is the accusative of oaths?
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A nominal in the accusative case that names the person (or thing) who guarantees an oath or a vow. Uses the word "by" in English translation.
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What is the accusative subject of infinitive (Accusative of General Reference)?
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The accusative noun or pronoun that functions semantically as the subject of an infinitive.
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What is the adverbial accusative?
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A nominal in the accusative case which modifies a verb by telling how, where, when, or under what circumstance something is done.
1) Manner (how) 2) Reference (Under what circumstances) 3) Space (Where) 4) Time (When) |
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What is the accusative absolute?
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An accusative noun or pronoun functions as the subject of an accusative participle to form an adverb clause. The accusative nominal is not grammatically linked with any other element in the sentence; it functions independently.
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