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I just don't bother. If it's clear enough to me what the person is trying to convey then I won't risk upsetting them by correcting them.
This would be entirely different if the person were asking for my feedback on a piece of writing they did, of course. But in casual RP I just disregard typos, poor grammar, spelling.Â
I guess the exception here is where it's not clear to me what a person means. If their grammar is so bad that I can't figure out what they're saying, I'll ask them to rephrase it and maybe explain what was confusing about it, but even then I don't think I'd specifically start telling them about the rules of spelling or grammar.
Anyways, I won't assume that anyone is RPing in FFXIV because they want to improve their spelling or grammar skills, so I won't bother correcting them unless there's an explicit request for feedback or criticism. It's just not worth the risk of hurting someone's feelings or giving them a reason to perceive me as nitpicky and critical. Better to just let people live with their mistakes and learn them without my input.
As an addendum, though, I'm very good at not letting things like poor spelling and grammar bother me. I'm sure there are people who are less tolerant of it and for those people I can definitely understand the temptation to interject and make corrections. I just hope those people understand that it causes them to be perceived a certain way.
This would be entirely different if the person were asking for my feedback on a piece of writing they did, of course. But in casual RP I just disregard typos, poor grammar, spelling.Â
I guess the exception here is where it's not clear to me what a person means. If their grammar is so bad that I can't figure out what they're saying, I'll ask them to rephrase it and maybe explain what was confusing about it, but even then I don't think I'd specifically start telling them about the rules of spelling or grammar.
Anyways, I won't assume that anyone is RPing in FFXIV because they want to improve their spelling or grammar skills, so I won't bother correcting them unless there's an explicit request for feedback or criticism. It's just not worth the risk of hurting someone's feelings or giving them a reason to perceive me as nitpicky and critical. Better to just let people live with their mistakes and learn them without my input.
As an addendum, though, I'm very good at not letting things like poor spelling and grammar bother me. I'm sure there are people who are less tolerant of it and for those people I can definitely understand the temptation to interject and make corrections. I just hope those people understand that it causes them to be perceived a certain way.
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