Mary Norris writes about Stet!, a new copy-editing card game based on “Dreyer’s English,” by Benjamin Dreyer, and “That Word Chat,” a lexicographical Zoom gathering hosted by Mark Allen.

“Stet: An Editor’s Life” By Diana Athill Grove Press, 256 pages, $13 When people you respect – and like – recommend a book, don’t delay, lest you find yourself full of reproach for ...