Original Thread: Guidelines for this room
WOWchinese
All rules of Road Side Chai Shop apply to Post for Thought.

In addition, we request  you to apply these English-writing-tips to this room, though it won't be enforced strictly:

1. Posts should have substance. No "reactions-only" posts, e.g. no "LOL" or "That's true!" or "I agree!" or . But witty one-liners are allowed, so make 'em good!

2. Only serious discussions. You can employ humour and lampoonery, but do so with tongue firmly in cheek! If the community complains, apologize ASAP.

3. Use proper spelling and grammar (to the best of your knowledge and intentions, of course ). Without going into too many specifics, these incl.
Capital letters to start a sentence
Space after every punctuation mark
Capitals for names of people, places and other proper nouns
It's "the," not "da;" "and," not "an;" "anyways," not "newayz;" "tomorrow," not "tomolo..." You get the point... etc. etc.

4. If you have lots to say, use paragraphs. Not more than five lines per paragraph.

5. Use two line breaks between paragraphs (i.e. press Enter twice). Make your paragraphs easy to read.

6. Use as few words as possible. I like to think of words as bikinis. The briefer they are, the more attractive their content.

Submitted by EdwardChiu