Of all the challenges of modern technology, autocorrect is at once highly useful while remaining annoying and sometimes embarrassing.
The Internet is full of memes that display the worst autocorrect mistakes, from the dangerous to laughable.
But what about the common autocrrect mistakes? Here are some of the most annoying:
Dear to Dead. Why?
Honey to Hiney. Why?
My to me. Okay it's close but it makes you sound like a Beatle. Come to me party, mate.
Of to if. Usually harmless. But why?
In to I'm. Why?
This to thus. Seriously?
Were to We're. Contractions are an issue.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
