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Why “Cases” Are Still Important in English

May 8, 2021
Cases

Cases in point are pre-employment documents that contain factual information about an applicant’s ability to perform the job required. In order to review this document for accuracy and create a recommendation for hire, a review of case should be completed. This includes determining if there are facts contained within the document that would affect an employer’s decision to hire an applicant. Case analysis is the process of deciding if the facts in the case support the employer’s decision to hire the applicant. While it can be a lengthy process, it is worth the effort because the result will have a beneficial impact on the decision to hire the applicant.

Cases in point can be divided into two categories: factual (or as a matter of fact) and inferential (or as a matter of fact or opinion). A factual case is a text that contains factual information about an applicant such as whether or not they possess the knowledge required for the job. For example, if an applicant were applying for a position as a pharmacy technician, the main article (the factual evidence) would be whether or not the applicant has worked as a pharmacy technician in the past. The arguments that could be made for either party (or both) include:

An absolute nominative (or simply an adverb) is used to denote that something cannot fail to have a certain quality or attribute. As an example, “This product is absolutely perfect.” (The main article, “this product” is not a nominative; it denotes a quality or attribute.) Another example would be the statement, “A man is an independent man.” The main article in this example would be “man” and the article that follow (the adjective) is “independent.” The debate over the subject would center upon whether or not the quality or attribute was a definite or indefinite quality.

One of the most common problems with grammatical cases (aside from the obvious linguistic one-way static constructions) is the tendency for languages to have two declensions. In English, there are three basic declensions: the most traditional and widely used declension is the nominative (sometimes also called the active), the infinitive, and the imperative. The second type of declension, called the native, is derived from the passive voice. As you may have already guessed, each of these has very different grammatical forms and can lead to problems when applied to English nouns. For this reason, it is almost never a good idea to apply for one of these to an English sentence.

One of the biggest problems with English grammar is the tendency for noun phrases to have two or even three cases. It can be very difficult for English speakers to understand when a sentence is grammatically correct and when it is not. While all three of these types of declensions are valid in modern English, there are some words that do not have singular or plural forms, such as the numeral 1.

If you have a clause that begins with a verb (as in the example above), chances are it will also contain a verb case, whether it is the main verb or an auxiliary verb. Some grammatical forms, such as the past participle, indicate the tense of the verb in the singular while indicating the gender of the subject in the plural. This means you need to learn both styles of case in order to be coherent. It’s not all bad. In fact, it is quite normal. For example, the word “be” (as in “The man beached the boat”) requires the nominative form of the verb “be”, so you would expect to see “the man beached the boat” and “the woman beached the man”.

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