☰

Arts & Photography

A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age

Not Available / Digital Item

A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age

"A provocative and jaunty romp through the dos and don'ts 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 site's 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 that's 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.

Country	USA
Author	Emmy J. Favilla
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781632867599
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Bloomsbury USA
Manufacturer	Bloomsbury USA
NumberOfPages	400
PublicationDate	2017-11-14
Publisher	Bloomsbury USA
ReleaseDate	2017-11-14
Studio	Bloomsbury USA

You might also like...

The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) ... Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

The Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself) ... Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)

Why They Can't Write

Why They Can't Write

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

Garner's Modern English Usage

Garner's Modern English Usage

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age

Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style

In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary

In My Mind's Eye: A Thought Diary