HERMENEUTICS
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SUBJECTS
Noun - person, place or thing (masculine, feminine, neuter)
Pronoun - take the place of nouns in a sentence: he, she, it, this, that, you, we, they
Phrase standing in place of a noun.
VERBS
Verb - action word
Tense - Present, past (aorist, perfect, imperfect), future
Voice - Active, Middle or Passive
Mood - Indicative or Subjunctive
Imperative Command
OBJECTS
Object - what receives the action (directly or indirectly) from the subject.
Direct Object (singular or plural?)
Indirect Object (singular or plural?)
MODIFIERS
Adjectives - modifiers of nouns
Adverbs - modifiers of verbs
PREPOSITIONS
Stand before nouns/pronouns showing a relationship of that noun/pronoun to some action or state, or some other word in the sentence
Direction: up, from, through,out of, into, unto, to, up to, along, down, upon, throughout, beyond, to the side of, from, around, about, toward
Relation: in, by, in exchange for, for, besides, as, for, against, in respect to, after, in the time of, according to, with reference to, after, contrary to, in behalf of, concerning, about, pertaining to, instead of, on behalf of
Position: on , in, at, among, within, upon, by, before, over, down, from, beside, over, under, above, next to
Agency: by, in
Means: through, by means of, with
Cause: because of, on account of
Association: with
Purpose: for the sake of, for the purpose of, for
CONJUNCTIONS OR CONNECTIVES
Joins sentences, clauses, phrases, words together (coordinate, subordinate or adversative)
Continuative: and, either/or, or, neither, neither/nor, nor
Causal: because, for, for this reason, since
Purpose: for this very purpose, in order that, so as....., so that, that
Comparison: as, as...so, as though, as to, in as much as, how, just as, just as...so, than
Time: as long as, since, unitl, when, whenever, while
Conditional: if
Emphatic: how, indeed, Oh
Adversative: but, but on the other hand, except, however, indeed, much more, nevertheless, not only...but, also, on the contrary, on the one hand...on the other hand, otherwise, rather, yet
Inference: even so, so, so then, then
Result: so that
Explanatory: for example, in fact, now, that is
Place: so far as, where, wherever
Concession: although, even though, though
Noun Clauses: how, that, what, whatever, which