Benjamin Dreyer's totally charming book about writing mechanics, "Dreyer's English," has a few things going for it: *Dreyer writes that Cole Porter was generally excellent with English, but he once included this error: "One of those bells...that now and then rings...." The correct phrase would be: "One of those bells that now and then ring....." Lena Horne made the correction, even though this fucked with the rhyme scheme. *Dreyer has thoughts on: "If I WAS...." vs. "If I WERE....." I won't go into the details; I'm just happy there's someone out there thinking about this matter. *Also, Dreyer poses a question. Let's say you want to announce yourself. "It is I who am here." Really? Or: "It is I who is here." Hmmm....Dreyer has the right solution. The right thing to do is write: "I'm here." I don't know that I need to read 250 pages on English mechanical/stylistic matters--a l...