Grammar

Spelling and grammar are not optional. Without these two things, your writing will be incomprehensible.

Spelling is putting the right letters into the right order to get a word that others will recognise. This is the basis of all communication. Without standardisation, all is chaos.

Grammar is also devoted to aiding clarity of communication. Given this, it's quite odd that badficcers are so determined to use neither of them, and instead prefer to write sentences like; 'Leggyz n Arrgorn runned thru teh forset!!!!' Often, bad spelling and grammar can be fixed by requesting the services of a beta-reader. Often, bad spelling is caused by inaccurate typing and/or a simple inability to spell, something that many people unfortunately suffer from. But this is fixable. It is when someone simply does not bother to even reread their work or have it beta'd that it becomes an offence in the eyes of the PPC. Bad spelling and grammar should never see the light of day; they should be buried in drafts.

Bad spelling and grammar are charges. This does not mean that the pickier Agents - or at least those that don't work for the Department of Technical Errors - can sentence someone to death for one overlooked typo, however. Neither does it mean that Britpicking Agents can necessarily charge for Americanised spelling. Sometimes they can though, so beware.

Charging for using or not using the Oxford Comma is considered slightly spurious.

Some badficcers use the excuse "But I'm dyslexic!!111!!!! UR MEEEEN!!1!" This usually cuts no ice as dyslexia doesn't affect a person's ability to use a spell check program.