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Originally Posted by meromana
Yep, I do the same thing. I tend to see (hear?) forum discussions as conversations in my head, rather than written communications. Consequently, I tend to write in forums more like I speak, with slangy terms like yep, gonna, wanna, and even: 'cause (with the apostrophe, of course). And I don't object to such terms being used in books, when they're part of the dialogue or character-appropriate inner monologue. Commas, though? Gotta get 'em right, 'cause punctuation errors throw the reader out of the story, and noboby wants that.
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Yes, I have several levels of writing "correctly", too. I htink the more public and the less casual the setting, the harder I work at it. Here, for example, I try to get things reasonably right, but also allow myself a little slack with regards to - for example - how accurate my English is, as well as the spelling. With private chat on the other hand, I only care about if my message comes across.