Editing Nominative case (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical case}}
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In [[grammar]], the '''nominative case''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''nom'''}}), '''subjective case''', '''straight case,''' or '''upright case''' is one of the [[grammatical case]]s of a [[noun]] or other part of speech, which generally marks the [[subject (grammar)|subject]] of a [[verb]], or (in Latin and formal variants of English) a [[Predicative expression|predicative nominal or adjective]], as opposed to its [[object (grammar)|object]], or other [[Argument (linguistics)|verb arguments]]. Generally, the noun "that is doing something" is in the nominative, and the nominative is often the form listed in dictionaries.