Topic: Turkish

"Acil durumda polisi ara."

Translation:In case of an emergency, call the police.

3 years ago

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Is it uncommen to use punctuation in Turkish?

3 years ago
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It's unnecessary in this sentence.

3 years ago
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Thanks

3 years ago
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Why is: "In the case of an emergency, call the police." wrong?

2 years ago
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I just isn't idiomatic English :) We just say "In case of an emergency" without the "the"

2 years ago
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Had not thought of it that way. Indeed the former seems to be 10 times as common. My bad.

Thanks for the help though. I should have thought of it that way.

2 years ago
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If you use an adjective, it does sound fine to include "the." "In the rare case of an emergency..." for example. Without the adjective, it is just a little funky. I wish I knew why! :D

2 years ago
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