Objective Case with Examples
When a noun (or, pronoun) is the object to a verb or a preposition, it is said to be in the Objective Case.
The object is the answer we get by asking the question "whom" ? or "what" ? with the verb.
Different Kinds of Objects
(a) Direct Object or Accusative; Indirect Object or Dative:
Some transitive verbs (tell, give, ask, teach, etc.) take two objects.
— One of these is direct and is called the Direct Object or Accusative.
— The other is indirect and is called the Indirect Object or Dative.
The former is generally a thing; the latter is generally a person or an animal:
He gave me (Ind. Obj.) a book (Dir. Object).
I told him (Ind. Obj.) this (Dir. Obj.).
(b) Retained Object: Some transitive verbs take two objects in the active voice. In the passive, one of these becomes the subject, but the other is retained as object and is called the Retained Object:
He was given a book.
(c) Congnate Object: The object of an intransitive verb of kindred meaning or sense is called a Cognate Object:
I ran a race.
He lived a pure life.
(d) Factitive Object: A transitive verb (usually of naming, making, and thinking) sometimes requires, besides its object, some other word, usually denoting office or rank, to make the sense complete.
This word is called the Factitive Object:
He called me a fool.
I took him prisoner.
(e) The Reflexive or Personal object or Reflexive Dative: In old English, intransitive verbs were sometimes followed by an object of the personal pronoun of the same person as the subject. This object was called Reflexive or Personal Object or Reflexive Dative:
Sit thee down.
Get thee gone.
(f) Dative of Interest or Ethical Dative: The Indirect Object which is sometimes placed after verbs, usually taking either no object or only a direct object, in order to express the interest of some person in the action of the verb, is called the Dative of Interest: Pluck me a flower.
(g) Adverbial Object: A noun in the objective case is sometimes used adverbially to denote distance, place, time, value, amount, weight, or manner; this objec is called the Adverbial Object:
The school is one mile from here.
This cost me three rupees.
He was there ten years.
He went home.
He was bound hand and foot.
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