CASE

CASE

A case is the relation of a noun or a pronoun to other words in a sentence, or the form which shows such a relation.

There are three principal cases in English:-

(1) Nominative case.

(2) Objective case.

(3) Possessive case.

Case in apposition:

When two nouns are used together to denote the same person or thing, the second is said to be in apposition with the first.

Mr. Arefin, our principal, is a good man.

Formation of the possessive case:

**We can form possessive of a noun usually in two ways- by using of or by using ’s with the Noun. But ’s is used only with the living object but of can be used anywhere.

Rabindranath’s stories

The stories of Rabindranath

The leg of the table [Not the table’s leg]

**When the noun is singular, the possessive case is formed by adding ’s to the noun.

The king’s crown.

**When the noun is plural and ends in s, the possessive is formed by adding only an apostrophe.

Boys’ school.

**When the noun is plural but does not end in s, the possessive sign is formed by adding ’s.

Children’s classic

**When there is a proper noun and ends in s, the possessive is formed by adding ’s with that noun.

Keats’s poems

Charles’s friends.

**When there is a case in apposition, the possessive sign is put with the apposition only.

That is our headmaster, Mr. Abul Hossain’s house.