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** may also be an exclamatory statement
** may also be an exclamatory statement
*** ex. "No!"
*** ex. "No!"
== case ==
* case = circumstance or situation
* dictionary definition of "case"
** ''Inflected forms of a noun, adjective or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to others in the sentence''
* in grammar, then, case is the "circumstance" of a word, how it is "situated" in a sentence
** case indicates the form and relationship of certain words
** case regards nouns, adjectives and verbs
** "inflected" means changed or emphasized
** word "inflections" are changes in a word according to chase
*** ''who v. whom'', or ''I go'' v. ''he goes''
*** the change at the end of the word, its ''stem,'' is an inflection
=== subjective v. objective case ===
* subjective = a point of view, an opinion
* objective = without opinion, a universal point of view
=== common errors of subjective v. objective case ===
* "between you and I"= incorrect
** "between" is a preposition, which uses the objective case of the noun
** thus it should be, "between you and me"
* "she told you and I to be quiet" = incorrect
** "she" = subject, "you" = the object ("she told you" or "she told me")
* "who do you love = incorrect and kinda correct
** "who" is an object, so should be "whom"
** however, common use of this expression has made "who do you love" an idiomatic expression


== Subject ==
== Subject ==