The third step of a sentence flow is to put the supporting words and phrases under the words which they modify.
Displaying Modifiers
Now that you have displayed the skeleton of the sentence, it is now time to display the modifiers under the term which they modify. There are three types of modifiers will deal with at first: adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases. If you need review of these parts of speech, please check out the Grammar Review.
Adjectives:
Adjectives are displayed underneath the noun which they modify (slightly indented for clarity).
The best way to determine which noun an adjective describes is to ask if it answers the question
The best way to determine which noun an adjective describes is to ask if it answers the question
What kind of ______?If the adjective answers that question about a particular noun, then it should be displayed under that noun.
For Example:
...my holy things.- Ezek. 22:26
holyanswers the question
What kind of 'things'?- i.e. holy things
Therefore, these words would be displayed like this:
things
holy
holy
A few special cases to watch out for with adjectives:
• The articles
the,
a,and
anare a special type of adjective.
Example
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The people...- Ezek. 22:29,
would be displayed as:
people
the
the
• Possessive pronouns like
my,
his,and
your,etc. should be treated as adjectives in this case
Example
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Her officials...- Ezek. 22:27
would be displayed as:
officials
her
her
• Sometimes an adjective will take the place of an implied noun. In that case, it is helpful to use the words
oneor
thingto represent the implied noun that is modified.
the weak and the strongreally means something like
the weak [one(s)] and the strong [one(s)]
Example
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...the clean and the unclean...- Ezek. 22:26
would be displayed as:
[ones]
clean
the
[ones]
unclean
the
clean
the
[ones]
unclean
the
• A noun may have more than one adjective. They should be lined up one above another to show that they all modify the same noun.
Example
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...every good work...- 2 Cor. 9:8
would be displayed as:
work
every
good
every
good
