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[jch]

Usually, they give 100% grades for forum posts. 

I wouldn't think a small grammar or spelling mistake would affect the grade. 

Let us know if you ever receive less than 100% on a forum post and why you got a lower grade.

Forum grading drastically depends on the mentor and course. I agree that introductory and lower-level courses tend to be quite lenient. Also, quite a few mentors don't spend much time looking at discussions, simply giving full points to anything that seems decent. However, not everything is that way. 
My business capstone with Anthony Campo last year was one such example. I spent several hours each week crafting detailed multi-paragraph posts with many proper APA references and citations and then greatly surpassed the required number of substantial replies. Still, I rarely received a perfect 100% on my discussions. The mentor wanted a level of detail and source integration that wasn't feasible to do. He specifically looked for references or other linked resources in replies as well as initial posts. 
I've also seen peers admonished for academic integrity violations in discussions, though it happens rarely. Unlike the system for assignments, TESU lacks any visible anti-plagiarism detection on discussions. Some students take advantage of this hole by copying and pasting the first semi-relevant Google result, formatting and all. Though these posts are usually easy to spot, offenders seem to get away with the practice for a surprisingly long time. Eventually, someone notices and the student faces some consequences.