parts of a sentence

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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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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

The Semicolon divides the greater parts of a sentence, and requires the reader to pause while he can count two. 

From A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses by

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 Paul Allardyce