A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject and a predicate, with ‘predicate’ referring to the part of a sentence that contains the verb and gives information about the subject.

In English, sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. Learn more about this structure and its components.

Even the slickest grammarian struggles with proper comma use, so we compiled a list of the places in a sentence you'll need one — using ducks.

A simple sentence is built from the minimum of a subject and a main verb.