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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)

“Holy” English Subject

Turkish “Hidden” Subject

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

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

Punctuating the Way We Speak

Brief History of Punctuation: From Greeks to Geeks

The Turkish Language Reform and Its Discontents

Use of Lay (or Plain) Language in Medicine: Lay Terminology and Health Literacy

Separated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Grammar and Usage)