Quirky subject
SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE IN A CASE OTHER THAN THE NOMINATIVE
Quirky case; Oblique subject
In linguistics, quirky subjects (also called oblique subjects) are a phenomenon where certain verbs specify that their subjects are to be in a case other than the nominative. These non-nominative subjects are determiner phrases that pass subjecthood tests such as subject-oriented anaphora binding, PRO control, reduced relative clause, conjunction reduction,Poole, Ethan (2014).