• Successful_Try543@feddit.org
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          6 days ago

          That depends on who you ask.

          Some linguists, such as Albert Thumb, argue that the vocative form is not a case but a special form of nouns not belonging to any case, as vocative expressions are not related syntactically to other words in sentences. Pronouns usually lack vocative forms.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocative_case

          It seems in English speaking countries it is treated like a case, in Germany it isn’t.

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            6 days ago

            I’m just shitposting, amigo. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.

            The point stands that most english speakers would be confused by grammatical case since english doesn’t have that feature.