I've seen many stories on YWS that were posted with very poor grammar. Sure, more often than not, you can tell what they mean, but it still makes it harder on the reader. Bad grammar takes away from the clarity of the story. People miss the point of the story because they're too busy re-reading sloppily arranged sentences.
As for spelling, I really feel like there's no excuse for more than one or two spelling mistakes in a piece. All it takes is a few moments to run something through Word, or the built-in spell check on YWS, to find those.
Shar Shar, grammar is an important part of literature. It completes your writing. Ignoring it isn't really an option.
Moreover, on here, people are going to assume you don't know what your grammar mistakes are unless you say otherwise. Personally, I think if you know there are mistakes you should take the time and courtesy to polish it with a re-read and spell check. I myself am no grammar nazi, and I certainly need some help with sentence structure, but I'm not going to leave it un-checked just because I'm no expert.
That's just what I think.
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