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 ** may also be an exclamatory statement
 *** 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 ==