1. What ever you do, don't use "u" in place of "you" or any other idiotic "abbreviations". About 75% of people on the Internet won't take you seriously, and the other 25% aren't worth knowing, since they probably either feel sorry for you, or type badly themselves.
2. Use a spell checker. The occasional typo won't kill your reputation, but lazy, sloppy bull crap typing will make you look like an idiot to the "high-class" typists.
3. If you think something isn't a big deal, chances are it is. "Your" in place of "You're" is in fact, a very big deal. Not only does confusing the two make you look like an incompetent idiot, but it makes you look extremely uneducated, as it's very, very simple. Learn it, love it.
4. Same goes for things like 'two/to/too,' 'there/they're/their', 'no/know/now', and anything of that sort.
5. Don't shorten words. Think about it: There's absolutely no reason. None whatsoever. People aren't going to get bored and leave just because you need to take an extra two seconds to type "what" instead of "wat" or "wut", and if you don't have two extra seconds, *tell* them you have to leave. They'll most likely get mad if they have to read sloppy messages.
6. Check your message. Most spell checkers won't correct things like "I have to go too the store now", you have to.
7. Names need to be capitalized. Be it a man's name, a place's name, or a ferret's name, the first letter must be capitalized.
8. The English language and its alphabetical rules are not meant to be butchered with chat speak. If you don't like that fact, don't go to websites where the English language is used. It's very, very simple.
9. Making a few mistakes is okay. Don't attack people for making a few on the internet, like a misplaced apostrophe, correct them.
10. Remember, mistakes are the stepping stones to failure. Ten or twenty mistakes per sentence equals failure in your message.
Note: This was found at http://www.wikihow.com/Type-Correctly
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112 years, 10 months & 14 days ago 19th Aug 2013 22:19
okay. you know, that's cool.
116 years, 10 months & 15 days ago 19th Aug 2009 02:05
Nice. =D
117 years, 1 month & 2 days ago 1st Jun 2009 02:37
THANK YOU.
[Psst, Shonia! Remember me?! Miss youuu~] ~~~~~~~~~~ Hey you. ^_^ How've you been? Write to me.
117 years, 1 month & 6 days ago 28th May 2009 14:11
Why is abbreviations in quotes... ~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not too sure. That's just how it was on the site.
117 years, 1 month & 6 days ago 28th May 2009 14:10
THANK YOU.
[Psst, Shonia! Remember me?! Miss youuu~]
117 years, 1 month & 10 days ago 24th May 2009 21:29
Why is abbreviations in quotes...
117 years, 1 month & 13 days ago 21st May 2009 15:24
fine
117 years, 1 month & 26 days ago 8th May 2009 10:33
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