Declension of Nouns
From A New English Grammar for Schools, by Thomas Harvey:
Example declensions for sample nouns:
Example declensions for sample nouns:
1. “girl”
Number
Singular Plural
Nominative girl girlCase Possessive girl’s girls’Objective girl girl
2. “Charles”
Number
Singular Plural
Nominative Charles [none]Case Possessive Charles’s [none]Objective Charles [none]
3. “fly”
Number
Singular Plural
Nominative fly fliesCase Possessive fly’s flies’Objective fly flies
4. “goodness”
Number
Singular Plural
Nominative goodness [none]Case Possessive goodness’ [none]Objective goodness [none]
5. NOTE:
a. The absolute case is not given, as it is always like the nominative.
b. The case of a noun in apposition is not given, because it always agrees with the case of the noun it modifies.
c. The objective case is given, though it is like the nominative, because pronouns have a distinct form for the objective case.
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