I'm interested to know if octopuses can smell too, as right now my water is quite garlic-y, and while I expect all the garlic to be out of the water by the time I can get my octopus, it would be nice to know if it will affect him at all.
As for proper grammar and the like, it is essential to capitalize, punctuate, and spell, as accurately as possible so as to not turn away the majority of forum readers. An off spelling here or there doesn't matter, and when you type correctly it makes people think more highly of you and makes you sound smarter, which is always a plus especially if you don't really know what you are talking about
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A good example on how proper grammar can affect site traffic is my recent visit to clamsdirect.com. You see, I have an interest in clams as well as cephs, and I found clamsdirect on google or reefcentral or something like that, and they sounded like a good place and people liked them so I went on to the forums to see if I could learn more about clams. I look at a few topics that interest me and while answers there seem to be educated, not only members, but mods too (a BIG forum turnoff for me) talk without capitalizing I, putting a period at the end of a sentence, and most the time they would use the wrong usage (IE there, their, they're). I have not been back there since.
I haven't checked nickcoletti's age, and this is not geared toward just him/her, but I do realize there is a time in most young people's lives that it is a lot of work to do all the things that make a good looking post what it is. I realized that people like other people a lot better when they use correct grammar four or five years ago (I was about 11 or 12), and I think I get more respect for doing my best at typing correctly.
If you prefer you may read the following instead of the above: (Also may be a good laugh if you can decipher it.)
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Which did you prefer?