Which of the italicized words in the following sentences is used as the
subject of the sentence, which to denote ownership, and on which does
the action expressed by the verb end?
1. The _boy_ is here.
2. The _boy’s_ book is on the table.
3. He sent the _boy_ with it.
The word upon which the action expressed by the verb ends is called the
=object= of the verb.
Point out in the following sentence a noun used as the subject of the
verb, a noun used to denote ownership, a noun used as the object of a
verb, and a noun used as the object of a preposition:—
That girl’s father shot a bear in the forest.
The relation which a noun or pronoun bears to some other word in the
sentence is called =case=.
A noun used as the subject of a verb is in the =nominative case=; as,
The _slate_ is broken. A noun used to denote ownership or possession is
in the =possessive case=; as, _Mary’s_ book is torn. A noun used as the
object of a verb or a preposition is in the =objective case=; as, He
left his _pencil_ on the _desk_.