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English is one of the most complex and confusing languages there is. Â It's no wonder that native speakers often fail to get it perfectly correct. Â There's no shortage of grammarians who argue, sometimes with great vitriol, over aspects of the language. It is a hodgepodge of other tongues, not only their verbs and nouns, but plenty of their rules. Â And those rules are sometimes in conflict with each other. Â There are more words in English than in any other language. Â One simply cannot expect all English speakers to be experts, especially in an MMO with a global audience.
As long as I can get the gist of what is being said, I have no desire to ask or correct. It's simply not my place to do so. Â Imagine if you were to play a game or do some other form of writing in another language. Â How would you feel if even the most minor details were called out in a public way?
Lastly, when RP'ing, colloquial speech is often preferred over strictly grammatically correct forms. Â Talking and writing are not the same thing and I feel RP is best when the flow of communication resembles verbal conversation rather than overtly adherent to arbitrary rules adopted from other languages.
I feel like I should also point out the hubris of English speakers and their demand for grammatical accuracy when they are the least likely to speak another language at all.
tl;dr Yes
As long as I can get the gist of what is being said, I have no desire to ask or correct. It's simply not my place to do so. Â Imagine if you were to play a game or do some other form of writing in another language. Â How would you feel if even the most minor details were called out in a public way?
Lastly, when RP'ing, colloquial speech is often preferred over strictly grammatically correct forms. Â Talking and writing are not the same thing and I feel RP is best when the flow of communication resembles verbal conversation rather than overtly adherent to arbitrary rules adopted from other languages.
I feel like I should also point out the hubris of English speakers and their demand for grammatical accuracy when they are the least likely to speak another language at all.
tl;dr Yes