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

The parts of a sentence which are most closely connected with one another in meaning should be closely connected in order also.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph

It seemed better to deal with the full stop before passing to the punctuation of the parts of a sentence.

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