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Galina Blankenship

Linguist & Copywriter

Galina Blankenship

Linguist & Copywriter

MY BLOG

Usage Problems in the Turkish Language (Anlatım Bozuklukları)

Signaling Emphasis and Emotion in English and Turkish Writing

Imperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 2)

Subordination in English: Adverbial Clauses

Subordination in English: Relative Clauses & Sentential Relative Clauses

Subordination in English: Nominal Clauses (Content & Complement Clauses)

The “Hidden” Turkish Subject: Turkish as a Topic-Prominent Language

How French (and Not English) Continues Shaping Turkish Writing

British English and American English: The Use of Quotation Marks

British English and American English: The Use of Abbreviations

Clefting in English, or “What the Point Is... Is That…” vs. “The Point Is.. Is That…”?

How to Write Better (in Any Language): The Universal Principles of Information Structure

Comparing English and Turkish Sentence Classifications

Reconsidering the Classifications of Verbals in English and Turkish: Missing Categories

British English and American English: The Usage

The TDK’s Punctuation Guidelines… Don’t Always Make Sense

Brief History of Punctuation: From Greeks to Geeks

The Use of Plain Language in Medicine: Lay Terminology and Health Literacy

British English and American English: Grammar and Usage

British English and American English: The Spelling

COVID-19 MULTILINGUAL RESOURCES TO DOWNLOAD

Explore free Coronavirus reference materials available in multiple languages and easy-to-navigate formats (pdf, docx, epub).

Messages about Coronavirus

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The Old Style of Punctuation in English: What Has Changed Over the Past Century?

The Commas of the U.S. Second Amendment

Branching in Turkish Sentences, Or Why Turkish Is So Difficult to Read (or Write)

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