A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age
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"A provocative and jaunty romp through the dos and donts of writing for the internet" (NYT)--the practical the playful and the politically correct--from BuzzFeed copy chief Emmy Favilla. A World Without "Whom" is Eats Shoots & Leaves for the internet age and BuzzFeed global copy chief Emmy Favilla is the witty go-to style guru of webspeak. As language evolves faster than ever before what is the future of "correct" writing? When Favilla was tasked with creating a style guide for BuzzFeed she opted for spelling grammar and punctuation guidelines that would reflect not only the sites lighthearted tone but also how readers actually use language IRL. With wry cleverness and an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of internet-age expression Favilla makes a case for breaking the rules laid out by Strunk and White: A world without "whom " she argues is a world with more room for writing thats clear timely pleasurable and politically aware. Featuring priceless emoji strings sidebars quizzes and style debates among the most lovable word nerds in the digital media world--of which Favilla is queen--A World Without "Whom" is essential for readers and writers of virtually everything: news articles blog posts tweets texts emails and whatever comes next . . . so basically everyone.
