Useful in theory, autocorrect automatically checks for spelling and capitalization errors in a user’s typing, and corrects any errors, hence the name “autocorrect.” To anyone who doesn’t regularly send text messages, autocorrect sounds like a godsend. However, sometimes it seems as if, more often than not, autocorrect does more harm than good. Everyday phrases and routine sentences often turn into malapropisms, or slightly misspelled words are replaced with completely unrelated ones. And shouldn’t your “smartphone” know by now that “ducking” isn’t an adverb?
Many of us have fallen victim to the iPhone’s autocorrect function, but the good news is that we’re in good company. Thanks to the ease of taking a screenshot, many of the funniest and most embarrassing autocorrect mistakes have gone viral on the web. Here are thirty of our favorite “autocorrect fails”.
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