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When critiquing a manuscript, feedback is rarely purely positive or negative. You often point out a flaw, then acknowledge a redeeming quality. Here is how you might point out that descriptions are superficial:

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### Reserved Admissions: Gerçi

To add a caveat or make a reserved admission, use the discourse marker **gerçi**.

Translating roughly to "mind you," "having said that," or "although," it typically sits at the start of the clause introducing the caveat.

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You can also place **gerçi** at the beginning of a sentence to set up a contrast right away. In this case, it often pairs with a conjunction like **ama** (but) in the second clause.

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This creates a balanced critique, whether you are praising a text or pointing out minor punctuation (*noktalama*) mistakes:

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Reserved admissions (gerçi)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
description	tasvir
superficial	yüzeysel
The descriptions in the novel seem very superficial.	Romandaki tasvirler çok yüzeysel görünmekte.
although / mind you / having said that	gerçi
consistent	tutarlı
The draft is superficial, mind you the characters are quite consistent.	Taslak yüzeysel, gerçi karakterler oldukça tutarlı.
part / section (portion)	kısım
disconnection / disjointedness	kopukluk
There is some disconnection in the first part.	İlk kısımda biraz kopukluk var.
There is disconnection in the first part, although the author will correct this.	İlk kısımda kopukluk var, gerçi yazar bunu düzeltecek.
spelling / orthography	yazım
punctuation	noktalama
We are reviewing the spelling and punctuation mistakes tomorrow.	Yarın yazım ve noktalama hatalarını inceliyoruz.
context	bağlam
comprehensible / intelligible	anlaşılır
The context is not unclear; on the contrary, it is quite comprehensible.	Bağlam belirsiz değil, aksine oldukça anlaşılır.
The text is comprehensible, having said that the descriptions are a bit boring.	Metin anlaşılır, gerçi tasvirler biraz sıkıcı.
Mind you, the spelling is bad, but the story is consistent.	Gerçi yazım kötü ama hikâye tutarlı.
A disconnection is occurring in the story, because the context is missing.	Hikâyede kopukluk oluşmakta, çünkü bağlam eksik.
This text is very good, although there are a few punctuation errors.	Bu metin çok iyi, gerçi birkaç noktalama hatası var.