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Signaling Emphasis and Emotion in English and Turkish Writing

Imperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 1)

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

Subordination in English: Adverbial (Adverb) Clauses

Subordination in English: Relative & Reduced Relative Clauses (Participles, Verbless Clauses)

Subordination in English: Nominal (Noun) Clauses (Content, Complement, and Verbless Clauses)

Two Basic Principles of Turkish Syntax and Other General Properties (As Compared to English)

How French (and Not English) Continues Shaping Turkish Writing

French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Information Flow, Fronting & Postponing

Separated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Quotations)

Separated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Abbreviations)

Comparing French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Parallel, Successive Items in a Series

French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: A Few Style Remarks

Intonation Contours and Punctuation Patterns in English and Turkish: Comma & Appositional Intonation

The Magic of Information Flow: Shifting Stress in Speech and Writing

The Use of Fronting in English Sentences

What is clefting, or which is correct, “what his point is is that…” or “his point is is that…”?

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

Comparing English and Turkish Sentence Classifications

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