Objective case describes a noun used as a direct object, an indirect object, or an object of a preposition.
The delete key can give writers nightmares.
(Nightmares is the direct object of can give; writers is the indirect object.)
But writing without a delete key is also scary.
(Delete key is the object of the preposition, without.)
(From Write for Business, page 242, and Proofreader's Guide PDF, page 54)
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