DeComposer's Journal: Spelling & Usage Tips for Slashdot Posters

A lot - (Note: two words!)
Anyways - Not a word (would you say 'anyhows'?)
Coming - (progressive tense of to come. If you use two m's, lay off the pr0n)
Definitely
Desperate
Illegal
Loose - When used as a verb, means to release
Lose - to misplace or to fail to win.
Ridiculous
Separate
Your - possessive: my apple, your orange
You're - contraction: You Are
They're - contraction: They Are (Note: plural)
There - describes a location: put it over there
Their - possessive: it's their problem