Talk:case

I think the list of cases is a bit too encyclopedic to be in a definition article. I do think it would be useful in a category article though. &mdash; Hippietrail 02:17, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Gentelmen, What a fine list of grammatical cases! Excellently done. Now I have a study list (as I've been making horrible blundering mistakes recently, with regards to parts of speech and grammatical case.)

But what is the point of duplicating Appendix:Grammatical cases? I'm pretty sure List of grammatical cases is not a standard heading from Entry Layout Explained. --Connel MacKenzie 02:23, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC) (didn't want to squash the conccurrent post here)


 * Sorry, I don't understand what you and Hippietrail are proposing to do with the list of cases ... to delete it or to move it elsewhere. I didn't insert this item into the page, it was already there ... but it only listed six or seven cases, so I wrote a more detailed list. As far as I'm concerned, it's not a problem if you want to delete it. &mdash; Stephen 14:00, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * I added it, though only with (as Stephen says) the six or seven terms that I personally happen to be familiar with. There's an argument for giving special mention to the best known terms or to those terms most applicable to English, or for mentioning some of them in the definition (to make it clearer).  With that caveat, I've no objection to removing the list - and perhaps adding a link to the appendix (which I hadn't seen). -Richard 14:10, 22 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you all. I wouldn't have found that appendix if I hadn't first seen it here, and gone looking.  It is still a wonderful list (and I too agree that it belongs in the appendix, not here.)  --Connel MacKenzie 15:04, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Abstract book-title meaning of "case"
I have not encountered the usage that you’ve described under point No. 3 before. I would have used either "noun cases" or "declension" in those examples. Be that as it may, I believe most or all of the translations currently marked as "(3)" are now misnumbered, and should be "(4)" instead. Either that or the order of the two definitions should be switched so that the numbering is correct:
 * 3. Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages. Latin is a language that employs case.
 * 4. (grammar): An instance of grammatical case; a form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, specialized (usually by inflection) to indicate a particular role in a sentence.

&mdash;Stephen 07:34, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

in case
2. To be prepared for the possibility that: bring the charger in case the battery runs low. 3. As a precaution: took along an umbrella, just in case. https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=in+case --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:44, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

in the case of
In reference to; in the instance of; concerning: Well, in the case of your sister, we didn't have to give her a curfew because she never stayed out late. --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:54, 24 February 2021 (UTC)

Missing verb meaning
The verb meaning "to surveil in preparation for committing a crime" should be mentioned, as in the classic mid-20th-century expression "casing the joint"... AnonMoos (talk) 15:36, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Case as in box, container, capsule?
Why is case as in box, container not here?

"case (n.2) "receptacle, box, that which encloses or contains," early 14c., from Anglo-French and Old North French casse (Old French chasse "case, reliquary;" Modern French châsse), from Latin capsa "box, repository" (especially for books), from capere "to take, hold" (from PIE root *kap- "to grasp")." (https://www.etymonline.com/word/case) Icykenny36 (talk) 23:48, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It is under § Etymology 2. J3133 (talk) 02:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
 * my bad dude i checked the whole thing and didnt see it, wiki noob! Icykenny36 (talk) 22:38, 17 February 2024 (UTC)