Posted by Nick on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 9:34pm.
Let's start with the verb, "are." It is always either a linking or a helping verb -- so it is intransitive. It takes a predicate noun (or nominative).
The predicate nominative is "part." It means the same as the subject, "trumpets and trombones."
Consider the examples:
I hit your nose.
The word nose is obviously the direct object of the transitive verb, "hit."
Your nose is red.
The intransitive verb, "is," links the subject and the adjective that describes it.
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