The accusative case of a noun marks the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition. English, which lacks declension in its nouns, has an accusative case in a few pronouns (e.g. "whom" is the accusative case of "who", and "him" is the accusative case of "he"). |
The accusative case of a noun marks the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition. English, which lacks declension in its nouns, has an accusative case in a few pronouns (e.g. "whom" is the accusative case of "who", and "him" is the accusative case of "he"). |
Compare nominative case, dative case, ergative case, genitive case, vocative case, ablative case.