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Meanings of accusative case in English

Russian
вин.п.
Portuguese
acusativo
Spanish
acusativo
Catalan
cas acusatiu

Grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb.

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вин.п.
Usage of accusative case in English
1
If people were classified grammatically, you'd be in the accusative case!
Dayworld
2
Here I must put you in Mind of that Matter, that in these the Passives also obtain a second Accusative Case.
The Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I.
3
SUMPTO... PUSILLO] This substantival use of a neuter adjective is confined in classical Latin to the nominative and accusative cases.
Selections from Erasmus: Principally from his Epistles
4
Now as to the grammar of this language; I haven't conquered the Accusative Case yet (I began with that) & there are three more.
Abducted to Oz
5
"The accursed sect of the Quakers,"-whata fine spirit such an accusative case gives to the dry formula of a legal enactment!
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 / A Magazin...
Translations for accusative case