parts of a sentence

Cultural  

1. Classifications of words, phrases, and clauses according to the way they figure in sentences. (See auxiliary verb, conjunction, dependent clause, direct object, independent clause, indirect object, modifier, predicate, and subject.)

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Example Sentences

Whether is a conjunction that joins words or other parts of a sentence.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

The mark was a hybrid between a comma and a colon, and its purpose was to prolong a pause or create a more distinct separation between parts of a sentence.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

Though Manuzio invented the comma in order to separate parts of a sentence, it can tie words together as efficiently as it keeps them apart.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

An arrangement of the parts of a sentence that suspends the meaning until the close is called periodic.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

When words are common to two or more parts of a sentence, and are expressed only in one part, a comma is often used to show that they are omitted in the other parts.

From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul