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Summary
1. The bottom line:
The better you understand grammar, the better you understand Scripture.
2. The Verb:
The verb is the word that describes the action of the sentence.
3. The Subject:
The subject is the word that describes who or what does the action of the sentence.
4. The Direct Object:
The direct object is the word that describes who or what receives the action of the sentence.
5. The Indirect Object:
The indirect object is the word that describes who or what indirectly receives the action of the sentence by receiving the direct object.
6. The Skeleton:
Subject - Verb - Indirect object - Direct Object.
7. Nouns:
Naming a person, place or thing.
8. Pronouns:
Replacement for a noun representing a person, place or thing.
9. Adjectives:
Modify the subject, the direct or indifect object.
10. Adverbs:
Modify the verb.
11. Prepositional Phrases:
Modify the verb, subject, direct or indirect object.
[preposition + (modifier(s)) + object] that modifies a verb, subject or object.
12. Clauses:
Ideas built around a verbal idea that function as part of the main sentence.
13. Participle clause:
"-ing" verbal idea that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
14. Infinitive Clause:
"to____" verbal idea that functions in various ways.
15. Relative Clause:
"who", "which" clause that functions to define a noun.
16. Passive Verbs:
Verb that emphasizes the receiver of the action by making it the subject.
17. "To be" Verbs:
Forms of the Verb "be" that equates the subject with existence, another noun, or a description.
18. Helping Verbs:
Forms of the Verb "be" that combine with another verb to show tense.
19. Complementary Verbs:
Certain Verbs that use an infinitive to complete the one thought.
20. Imperative Verbs:
Verbs that make a command or request.
21. Conjunctions:
Words that connect ideas in various relationships.
22. Dependent Clauses:
Clauses that do not have a complete thought, but complement the main sentence to which it is connected with a subordinating conjunction.
23. Relationship of Propositions:
The way that ideas are related, determined by the conjunctions.
1. The bottom line:
The better you understand grammar, the better you understand Scripture.
2. The Verb:
The verb is the word that describes the action of the sentence.
3. The Subject:
The subject is the word that describes who or what does the action of the sentence.
4. The Direct Object:
The direct object is the word that describes who or what receives the action of the sentence.
5. The Indirect Object:
The indirect object is the word that describes who or what indirectly receives the action of the sentence by receiving the direct object.
6. The Skeleton:
Subject - Verb - Indirect object - Direct Object.
7. Nouns:
Naming a person, place or thing.
8. Pronouns:
Replacement for a noun representing a person, place or thing.
9. Adjectives:
Modify the subject, the direct or indifect object.
10. Adverbs:
Modify the verb.
11. Prepositional Phrases:
Modify the verb, subject, direct or indirect object.
[preposition + (modifier(s)) + object] that modifies a verb, subject or object.
12. Clauses:
Ideas built around a verbal idea that function as part of the main sentence.
13. Participle clause:
"-ing" verbal idea that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
14. Infinitive Clause:
"to____" verbal idea that functions in various ways.
15. Relative Clause:
"who", "which" clause that functions to define a noun.
16. Passive Verbs:
Verb that emphasizes the receiver of the action by making it the subject.
17. "To be" Verbs:
Forms of the Verb "be" that equates the subject with existence, another noun, or a description.
18. Helping Verbs:
Forms of the Verb "be" that combine with another verb to show tense.
19. Complementary Verbs:
Certain Verbs that use an infinitive to complete the one thought.
20. Imperative Verbs:
Verbs that make a command or request.
21. Conjunctions:
Words that connect ideas in various relationships.
22. Dependent Clauses:
Clauses that do not have a complete thought, but complement the main sentence to which it is connected with a subordinating conjunction.
23. Relationship of Propositions:
The way that ideas are related, determined by the conjunctions.
I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
Eph. 4:1
Eph. 4:1
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