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Nominative case
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Grammar/vprQsHIR">grammar</a>, the nominative case (<a href="/facts/List_of_glossing_abbreviations/6IN8Pt68">abbreviated</a> NOM), subjective case, straight case, or upright case is one of the <a href="/facts/Grammatical_case/5caTQalU">grammatical cases</a> of a <a href="/facts/Noun/SsnDNfkX">noun</a> or other part of speech, which generally marks the <a href="/facts/Subject_(grammar)/h5M1cQJ2">subject</a> of a <a href="/facts/Verb/zp42buvn">verb</a>, or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a <a href="/facts/Predicative_expression/rFaVNWcJ">predicative nominal or adjective</a>, as opposed to its <a href="/facts/Object_(grammar)/wybTVzna">object</a>, or other <a href="/facts/Argument_(linguistics)/U0y7yQXG">verb arguments</a>. Generally, the noun "that is doing something" is in the nominative, and the nominative is often the form listed in dictionaries. </p>