Auto-correct is a two-edged sword. It can make online chats easy and convenient and it can also make them so difficult when autocorrect overcorrects. We have compiled a bunch of examples where autocorrect went nuts and had disastrous results. Let us know your favorites.
The way we use language everyday is not as simple as it seems. A simple sentence can be understood in so many ways in different contexts and our brains make a lot of effort to arrive at the most accurate meaning in a given situation. “It’s hot in here” can be used to literally describe
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Native speaker or not, you can’t disagree that more often than not you just can’t find that word you’re looking for. It’s there, you’ve used it a thousand times but you just can’t retrieve it from memory. That often happens when your brain has been exhausted and your CPU cannot process any more data. Usually,
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The first thing readers interact with in a book is the writer’s dedication. So it’s gotta be important and catchy. Not so many writers invest time to make the best dedication that can attract readers. Instead, most books begin with boring and unimaginative dedications and that’s why you can’t remember most of them. Only those
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Typing was a lot of fun before autocorrect came along. People used to type stuff and they had nothing to help them spell words. But even with autocorrect in town, people still make spelling mistakes, and not just any spelling mistakes; mistakes that make you wonder how could anyone get that word wrong. Language is
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When we use language we don’t often notice what some words mean if taken literally, but when you actually pause for a second and think about what some expressions literally mean, you’d be surprised how you didn’t notice that before. The words that we use every day are so full of joy and wonder and
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The fact that puns are possible is already enough reason to live. The best puns are witty and are always relevant to the time we live in. Punster Lim Heng Swee designed a series of puns that are so relevant to our quarantined existence, that it’s hard to turn away from. “I always think that positive energy
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Language differences are a great source of fascination and we’re blessed with the abundance of languages that exist in the world today. Every time we ask our followers at The Language Nerds to share how they say something in their language, we get awesome and fascinating responses that we can’t wait to share with the
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We have pretty clear ideas about the most popular language in each country but we might not be so knowledgeable about what other popular languages are spoken in a certain country. This might be very useful when traveling somewhere and you don’t speak the first language. You might speak their second popular language. The map
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Typing something can be tricky sometimes. You switch one letter for another then the whole thing you’re typing is urined, I mean ruined. See! This is what I’m talking about. This is especially common in Google searches. Because it’s something trivial, people usually tend to be sloppy when they type their google searches. Most of
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