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

Tautologies, Redundancies, and Other 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 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)

The “Holy” Subject in an English Sentence: English as a Subject-Prominent Language

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

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

How French (and Not English) Continues Shaping Turkish Writing

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

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

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

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

Use of Inversion Constructions in the English Language

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

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

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