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Usage Errors in Turkish (Anlatım Bozuklukları): Tautologies & Other Redundancies, and Sentence Analysis

Signaling Emphasis and Emotion in English Writing

Signaling Emphasis and Emotion in Turkish Writing

Usage Errors in Turkish (Anlatım Bozuklukları): Repetition vs. Repetitiveness vs. Redundancy, Repetitive Duplications in Turkish Fiction & Nonfiction

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

The Commas of the U.S. Second Amendment

Conveying Intonation in English and Turkish Writing

Imperative Sentences in English: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests

Imperative Sentences in Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests

Subordination in English: Relative 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)

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

British English and American English: The Use of Quotation Marks

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