The Objective Case

A noun that follows a transitive verb or a preposition is said to be the object of the verb or the object of the preposition. Nouns and pronouns used as the object of a verb or objects of a preposition are in the objective case.

For example

In the sentence:
Thomas opened his knife.
knife is the object of the transitive verb opened and is in the objective case.In the sentence:
The bird sat on the tree.
tree is the object of the preposition on and is in the objective case.

Nouns and pronouns in the nominative case answer the questions Who? or What?

For example

Who writes? John writes.
What alarms him? The snow alarms him.

Nouns and pronouns in the possessive case answers the question Whose?

For example

Whose book have you? I have my brother's book.

Nouns and pronouns in the objective case answers the question Whom? What? or Where?

For example

Whom do you see? I see the captain.
Where does he stand? He stands upon the deck.

Nouns in the possessive case may be known by its form. But the forms of nouns in the nominative and the objective cases are exactly alike. Whether a noun is in the nominative or objective case must be determined by their relation to other words.

7. The use of indefinite article (including - a or an, a/an or one).

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