The phrase "a case of man" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a situation involving a man, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "In this investigation, we are looking at a case of man versus nature."
Alternatives: "a situation involving a man" or "an instance of a man".
A SECOND fatal airplane accident involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 may have been a case of man vs. machine.
"It's kind of a case of man bites dog," says Steven Kotok, president of The Week. "Everyone wants to know what our secret is".
"The future of trading is definitely more electronic but it is not a case of man versus machines like the film Terminator - a human being is still required to monitor and tweak the algorithms that drive electronic execution," he says.
Of course, it's not quite as simple as a case of man versus monsters, and the end of 2033 can go two ways: one, Artyom wipes out the Dark Ones; or two, he realises that their intentions are not hostile.
However, when thinking about pathogens transmitted when mosquitoes bite humans, maybe the roles are duplicated and, from the pathogen's point of view, it is also a case of man bites mosquito.
Here we present a case of man with HIV-HCV co-infection and serology suggestive for tertiary syphilis with rapid, progressive destruction of the hip joint and bone resembling Charcot arthropathy.
So it really was a case of man-bites-dog to watch Ilker Basbug, a former chief of the army's general staff, be hauled before a court and bundled off to jail last week on charges that he belongs to Ergenekon, an ultranationalist, terrorist organization bent on overthrowing the government.
Cubs Manager Dale Sveum called it a case of men against boys, which sounded lame considering the winning team had a teenage All-Star in Harper.
Ah, but we also need to be careful not to frame Trump's victory as a case of men versus women.
It wasn't a case of one man's genius, more the accomplishment of a team, one man's skills complementing another's.
Timothy Raggatt QC, prosecuting, had told the jury of six men and six women: "This wasn't a case of a man being killed for any personal motive or any personal reason.
