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Entire website migrated to a new location with a new domain name,
garblwriting.com
; updates underway--November 2021.
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Garbl's Writing Resources Online and
Garbl's Favorite Fiction Writersdeactivated. Linked resources in all sections no longer being
updated--April 16, 2019.
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Entire website reinstalled on server of new internet service provider, Wave Broadband--Feb. 4, 2016.
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Entire website went down when Comcast terminated personal website service--October 2015.
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General updating of website entry pages--Feb. 1-2, 2015.
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Launched blog,
UnGarbl'd Thoughts--April 10, 2012; infrequent blog postings since July
2013.
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New links to new
Garbl's Plain Language Writing Guide--Jan. 27, 2012.
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Launched
Gary's Good Cause Communications, offering fee-based writing and editing services of Gary B. Larson. Originally
named
Garbl's Pencil--April 23, 2011. Deactivated Feb. 1, 2015.
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Updated all the links in Garbl's Writing Resources Online--July 20, 2010.
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Finally added new links in Favorite Fiction Writers to Auster's
Oracle Night; Banks'
The Darling; Guterson's
Our Lady of the Forest; Hassler's
North of Hopeand
Dear James; O'Brien's
July, July; Roth's
American Pastoraland
The Human Stain; and Sandlin's
Honey Don't--Oct. 2, 2005.
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New link in Writing Bookshelf to
Words into Type--June 12, 2005.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
Dictionary of Disagreeable English, Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words, Common Errors in English Usage, The
Elephants of Styleand
Oxford American College Dictionary--June 5, 2005.
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New links in Writing Process to
Editing that Worksand
Forms that Workand in Creativity Resources to
Writing.com--May 21, 2005
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New book links in Plain Language to Gowers'
Complete Plain Words, Garner's
Legal Writing in Plain Language, Wydick's
Plain Language for Lawyers, Baldwin's
Plain Language and the Language Revolutionand Mowatt's
Plain Language and the Language Revolution--April 16, 2005.
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New link in Plain Language to
How to Write Well--Feb. 14, 2004
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Garbl's Myths and Superstitions of Writing
added--Dec. 27, 2003.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
Grammar Grabbersand
Writing Englishand in Plain Language to
articles on writing in plain language--Dec. 26, 2003.
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Entire website moved from defunct ATT Broadband internet to new addresses at Comcast.com--June 30,
2003.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
The Complete Plain Words, Write Tightand
Edit Yourself--June 22, 2003.
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New links in Favorite Authors to
Empire Fallsand
Dance, Dance, Dance: A Novel--March 12, 2003.
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Garbl's Links Against Iraq Waradded--Jan. 13, 2003. Retitled
Garbl's Links for Peace and Justice, April 23, 2003. Inactive; see Writing Center home page
instead.
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New links in Action Writing to
Influencing Legislation by Writing Lettersand
Letters to the Editor--Dec. 27, 2002.
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New link in Style and Usage | Style Manuals to
AP Stylebook Online--Dec. 19, 2002.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
Garner's Dictionary of Modern American Usageand
Gregg Reference Manual--Nov. 26, 2002.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
EnglishClub English Grammarand
The Online English Grammar--Nov. 17, 2002.
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New link in Style and Usage to
College and university online style guides--Aug. 17, 2002.
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New links in Favorite Authors to Nick Hornby and
About a Boy, High Fidelityand
How to be Good--July 20, 2002.
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New links in Favorite Authors to
Sputnik Sweetheartand
The Fourth Hand--July 7, 2002.
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New links in Style and Usage to
AAA Style Guide,
Carnegie Mellon Style Guide,
CU-Boulder Style Guideand
U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual--June 28, 2002.
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New links in Action Writing to
LetterRep.comand in Word Links | Spelling to
Free Spelling Course--June 23, 2002.
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Avoiding Biassection added in Style and Usage--June 8, 2002.
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New link in Word Links to
Banned Word List,
Cobuild Wordwatchand
New Worlds in English--May 19, 2002.
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New links in Style and Usage to
WebStyle Guide--April 29, 2002.
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New links in Creativity Resources to
The Creativity Portal, in Words | Spelling
Spelling it Writeand in Word Play to
fun-with-wordsand
Word Play--April 28, 2002.
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New links in Creativity to
BatMemesand in Plain Language to
Capsal Clear Writing--April 25, 2002.
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New link in Reference Sources to
KnowPlay?--April 15, 2002.
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New links in Plain Language to
Stylewriter, Word Dog Plain English Editorand
Plain Language Commission--April 7, 2002.
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New link in Writing Bookshelf to
Write Right!--March 30, 2002.
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New link in Writing Bookshelf to
Web Word Wizardry--Feb. 28, 2002.
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New link in Plain Language to
David Elliott on Plain Language--Feb. 10, 2002.
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New links in Style and Usage to
English Style Guide, Plain Language to
From plain English to global Englishand
How to write clearly, and Word Play to
The Gobbledygook Generator--Jan. 26, 2002.
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New links in Writing Process to
Introduction to the Writing Process,
Process Writingand
The Writing Process--Jan. 25, 2002.
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New links in Fat-Free Writing Links to
Fat Free Writingand in Action Writing to
Writing a Letter to the Editor is Easier Than You Think,
Writing Letters to the Editorand
Writing Letters to the Editor (or 1000 Words on How to Write 200)--Jan. 24, 2002.
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New links in Plain Language to
Clear Language and Designand
Impact Information Plain Language Services, and in Reference Sources to
STANDS4.com--Jan. 5, 2002.
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Lists 2001 page added--Jan. 2, 2002 (deactivated January 2005).
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Migrated entire website from defunct Excite@Home location to new location at AT&T Broadband
internet--Dec. 10, 2001.
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Extensive revision in appearance and navigation tools for entire Garbl's Writing Center. Also added
category-related Amazon.com links to various pages--Nov. 10, 2001.
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This What's New! page added to home pages for Garbl's Editorial Style and Usage Manual and
Garbl's Writing Center--Oct. 13, 2001.
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Garbl's Writing Center
added, new home page for all of Garbl's writing pages. Also added
MagPortal.comto Writing Resources page--July 21, 2001.
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New link in Favorite Fiction Writers to
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the Worldby Haruki Murakami--July 8, 2001.
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New links in Style and Usage to
Band-Aid Stylebookand in Plain Language to
Brushing Up on Fundamentals, Cheryl Stephens on Plain Language, and
Dictionary of Plain Language(also in Fat-Free Writing)--May 19, 2001.
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New links in Action Writing to
How Users Read the Web, Thoughts in progress on writing for the Web, We Can Learn from Newspapersand
Writing for the Web--May 14, 2001.
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New links in Action Writing to
Electronic Documents Should be Top-heavy, The Inverted Pyramid and The Summary Lead, The Mystery of the Inverted
Pyramid, State your conclusions first ..., Web Writing for Many Interest Levelsand
Writing and editing for the Web--May 13, 2001.
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New links in Favorite Fiction Writers to
Norwegian Wood, A Wild Sheep Chaseand
South of the Border, West of the Sunby Haruki Murakami--May 8, 2001.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
Elements of Business Writing, E-Writing, New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, Plain English Approach to Business
Writing, Rewrite Writeand
Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay--April 16, 2001.
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New link in Action Writing to
Advanced Press Release-ology--Jan. 13, 2001.
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Lists 2000 page added--Jan. 7, 2001. Deactivated January 2005.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
Business Writing for Dummies, The Copyeditor's Handbook, New York Public Library's Guide to Style and
Usage,and
Word Court--Nov. 24, 2000.
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New link in Reference Sources to
MLA Styleand in Words | Spelling to
Absolutely Ridiculous English Spelling--Nov. 18, 2000.
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Garbl's Fat-Free-Writing Links page added--Nov. 12, 2000.
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New link in Creativity to
The Creative Teaching Web Siteand in Grammar Guides to
Sentence Sense--Oct. 27, 2000.
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New link in Words to
The Perfectibility of Words--Oct. 1, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
English Grammar 101--Aug. 10, 2000.
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New links to new
Garbl's Editorial Style Manual
--Aug. 5, 2000.
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New links in Writing Bookshelf to
Advice to Writersand
Lapsing Into a Comma--July 31, 2000.
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Garbl's Writing Responses page added in Online Writing Experts--July 9, 2000 (now inactive).
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New links in Style and Usage to
Dave's Official Guide to Grammar, Style & Word Usury, Editor's Style Guideand
An Overview of Language Mechanics--July 8, 2000.
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New listing in Favorite Fiction Writers,
Simon's Night by Jon Hassler--July 2, 2000.
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New links in Reference Sources and Lines to
Writing Resources in Printthrough Amazon.com--June 27, 2000.
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New links in Creativity, Grammar Guides and Words to
Writing Resources in Printthrough Amazon.com--June 26, 2000.
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New link in Plain Language to
Frequently Asked Questions about plain language and clear writing--June 6, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
Science Fiction English Grammar--May 30, 2000.
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Pico Searchtool added to Home Page--May 29, 2000.
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New links in Words to
Word the Day and in Writing Bookshelf to
A Kick in the Seat of the Pants,
A Whack on the Side of the Headand
What a Great Idea!--May 29, 2000.
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Creativity Resources page added--May 28, 2000.
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New link in Words to
Hot Rod Your Vocabulary--May 27, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
Traditional Grammar: An Interactive Book--May 21, 2000.
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New links in Action Writing to
How to write your congressperson and
Letter to the editor--May 20, 2000.
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Good Writing is a Gift added to Home Page--May 13, 2000.
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New link in Writing Bookshelf to
Just Commas--April 29, 2000.
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New link in Writing Bookshelf to
Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing--April 23, 2000.
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New links in Reference Sources to
A Scribe's Guide and
Editors' and Writers' Toolkit--April 6, 2000.
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New links in Style and Usage to
The American Heritage Book of English Usage and in Reference Sources to
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus--March 30, 2000.
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New links in Words to
Origin of Phrases and
Daily Vocabulary Mailings--March 25, 2000.
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New link in Words to
The Nautical Origins of Some Common Expressions--March 23, 2000.
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New links in Reference Sources to
How to prepare bibliographic citations and in Action Writing to
Persuasive Letters and
Strategies for Writing Persuasive Letters--March 19, 2000.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
English lessons and tests and in Words to
The Online Slang Dictionary--March 18, 2000.
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New links in Writing Process to
How to Improve Your Writing Without Writing a Word and
How to Combat Writer's Block--March 15, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
Guides for the Grammatically
Perplexed--March 13, 2000.
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New link in Style and Usage to
A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices--March 9, 2000.
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Writer's Block section added in Writing Process--March 2, 2000.
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New link in Action Writing to
Inverted pyramid format--Feb. 27, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
EnglishPage.com--Feb. 26, 2000.
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Vocabulary section added in Words--Feb. 25, 2000.
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New link in Words to
World Wide Words--Feb. 22, 2000.
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New links in Plain Language to
In Plain English and to Purdue University's
Parts of Speech in Grammar,
Sentences in Style and Usage, and
Spelling in Words--Feb. 19, 2000.
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Spelling section added in Words with new links to
Everyday Spelling,
How can I help my child with spelling?,
Spelling Activities and
SpellWeb--Feb. 13, 2000.
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Punctuation section added in Grammar Guides and
Richard Russo added to Favorite Writers--Feb. 12, 2000.
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New links in Writing Process to
Practical Writing and in Style and Usage to
Gender-Free Legal Writing--Feb. 5, 2000.
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New links in Lists '99 to
The Cider House Rules and
The Hurricane--Feb. 2, 2000.
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New links in Reference Sources to
GuruNet and in Word Play to
My Favourite 50 Steven Wright Quotes and
Self-reference--Jan. 31, 2000.
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Writing Forum page added--Jan. 30, 2000 (now inactive).
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New link in Words to
Standard English words [that] have a Scandinavian Etymology--Jan. 23, 2000.
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New links to Garbl's The Near Side--Jan. 17, 2000 (now inactive).
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New links in References Sources to
LibrarySpot.com and
Online Rhyming Dictionary, and in Lists '99 to
Liberty Heights and
Snow Falling on Cedars--Jan. 16, 2000.
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New links in Reference Sources to
OneLook Dictionaries and in Word Play to
Punpunpun.com--Jan. 15, 2000.
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Lists '99 page added--Jan. 8, 2000 (deactivated January 2005).
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New links in Words to
Avoiding Insensitive and Offensive Language and in Writing Resources Bookshelf to
Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness and
Torn Wings and Faux Pas--Jan. 7, 2000.
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New link in Grammar Guides to
A Functional Guide to Some Problems of English Punctuation--Dec. 21, 1999.
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Writing Process page added--Nov. 26, 1999.
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New link in Online Writing Experts to
Garbl's Grammar Grappler--Nov. 21, 1999.
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Lines: A Selection of Poetry
page added--Nov. 17, 1999.
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New link in Style and Usage to
Technical Writing--Nov. 13, 1999.
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New listing in Favorite Fiction Writers,
Northern Lights by Tim O'Brien--Nov. 12, 1999.
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New link in Word Play to
The Enigma Device--Oct. 30, 1999.
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Garbl's Writing Resources moves to a new location on the @Home Network--Oct. 26, 1999.
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New links in Style and Usage to
Online Technical Writing: Power-Revision Techniques, in Action Writing to
General Guidelines on Writing Letters to Politicians and in Favorite Writers to
Tomcat in Love--Oct. 17, 1999.
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New links in Style and Usage to
Conan the Grammarian and in Words to
Earliest Known Uses of Some Words of Mathematics--Oct. 12, 1999.
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New link in Words to
Word Safari--Oct. 11, 1999.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
English Zone Grammar, Loft Grammar and Style Pages, Improving Your Grammar and
Writing Exercises for Engineers and Scientists--Sept. 27, 1999.
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New links in Style and Usage to
Army Writing Style, Improving Your Style, SPE Publications Style Guide, Style and the Use of Language, The Economist
Style Guide, CSU Publication Style Guide and
Writing Right--Sept. 25, 1999.
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New link in Action Writing to Harley Hahn's
The Secret of My Success--Sept. 23, 1999.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
Good Grammar, Good Style and in Plain Language to
Plain Language Service--Sept. 14, 1999.
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New link in Word Play to
Malapropisms--Sept. 10, 1999.
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New link in Style and Usage to
Guidelines for Reporting and Writing about People with Disabilities--Sept. 7, 1999.
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New links in Style and Usage to
News Watch Style Guide and in Action Writing to
How to Write Effective Text,
Persuasion and
Writing with Impact--Sept. 5, 1999.
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New links in Action Writing to
Basics of news writing and
News-Writing Style, in Words to
WWLib Notes on American English and in Word Play to
Ann Owed to The Spelling Checker--Aug. 29, 1999.
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New links in Grammar Guides to
Pop-Up Grammar and in Style and Usage to
The Convergence Magazine House Style and
Copywriting Tips and Techniques--Aug. 25, 1999.
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This
What's New!page added--Aug. 25, 1999.
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Grammar Guides category gets its own page--Aug. 23, 1999.
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Action Writing category added--Aug. 14, 1999.
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Website gets its own domain name--
www.garbl.com--June 6, 1999; deactivated May 2013.
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Words can and do break bones
added--April 23, 1999.
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Style and Usage category gets its own page--Jan. 12, 1999.
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Writing Experts category gets its own page--Dec. 27, 1998. Deactivated July 20, 2010.
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Words category gets its own page--Dec. 6, 1998.
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Favorite Writers category added, in association with Amazon.com--Nov. 15, 1998.
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Plain Language category added--Nov. 14, 1998.
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ListBot (defunct) added to Home Page--Oct. 7, 1998.
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Writing Bookshelf
category added, in association with Amazon.com--July 5, 1998.
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Reference Sources category gets its own page, March 2, 1998.
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Word Play category gets its own page--January 1998.
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Garbl's Writing Resources Online goes online at Netcom.com--Nov. 1, 1997.
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