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

A comma is used to separate parts of a sentence which might erroneously be read together.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

From what has been said, it is evident that the parts of a sentence, as far as may be, should be arranged in a climax.

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