MY BLOG

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

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

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 Clauses

Subordination in English: Relative Clauses & Sentential Relative Clauses

Subordination in English: Nominal Clauses (Content & Complement 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

British English and American English: The Use of Quotation Marks

British English and American English: The Use of 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…”?

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