How To Type Literately.

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