This particular auto-complete has always triggered a measure of annoyance in me, but I was never quite able to put my finger on why.
After all, “it’s” is used in normal speech far more frequently than “its”.
Then it finally came to me.
I could type the contraction myself if I wanted to, but there is no way for me to just type the possessive. I have to either tap that tiny tag to dismiss it, get clever with extra characters and backspaces, or edit it after the fact.
And their relative frequency means I can’t even train it otherwise.
Auto-complete will never stop punishing me for knowing the correct spelling of the possessive, and—if I forget to fix it—even make me look like I don’t.
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punkassjim said:
The way it is: four taps for each variant. The way you’d want it: five taps for “it’s” (or three taps for letters and a tap-drag for the apostrophe), three taps for “its”. Me, I’d prefer four taps for either. But then, I proofread everything.
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minorfall said:
Gah! My phone does the same thing with you’re! Makes me crazzzzzy!
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jhnbrssndn reblogged this from toldorknown and added:
THIS (That’s what you young people say, right?).
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openareas said:
My autocomplete offers both.
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