Ever Make Typos While Correcting Typos?

[eroticstoryspinner]

I write a lot on my phone (I know I know, “those millennials” “those genzers” blah blah blah) so the bane of my existence is Google Docs autocorrect, it “fixes” all of my correct typing into ridiculous typos.

I write on my phone too and i am a boomer And get the same autocorrect crazies

 

[Javahead]

I write on my phone too and i am a boomer And get the same autocorrect crazies

Except for making story notes, I don't write on my phone. But I'm more than capable of making mistakes on my own without auto corrupt's dubious help.

My biggest besetting sin is that when editing a story I often double the last word of the original phrase when adding on.

I've learned to go through and run Libre Office's spelling and grammer check in interractive mode, to prevent the most egregious errors. And then run Grammarly. And even after all that, I often find obvious errors on a cold re-read.

Having first readers or an editor helps. But I'm convinced that, like software, no written work of non-trivial size goes out without at least one minor error.

 

[yukonnights]

I know Speel Chuckers have been talked about a thousand times, but they're as much foolish as foolproof. They can't tell the difference between for, form, fort, forth and fourth for example. All will pass but may not be the correct word for the sentence. And they don't pick up what they can't understand like f4th or n0where. You still have to proofread.

You need to also run a grammar check. That's the one that will most likely find the wrong word or homonyms.

 

[yukonnights]

I write on my phone too and i am a boomer And get the same autocorrect crazies

Maybe a dumb question; Can't you turn the "auto" function to "manual"? So long as the misspelled word is highlighted, I find it safer to make the final decision.

 

[Fermina_Daza]

Apparently I use the word fart so much it auto corrected the word dart. So when posting about my cat who went missing, he farted out the door instead of darted out the door. Which is just as plausible.

 

[yukonnights]

Apparently I use the word fart so much it auto corrected the word dart. So when posting about my cat who went missing, he farted out the door instead of darted out the door. Which is just as plausible.

I would have to say; That's a well trained, and good mannered, cat

 

[jaF0]

Or one self propelled by alternative energy ... rocket assist.

 

[Fermina_Daza]

I would have to say; That's a well trained, and good mannered, cat

Or one self propelled by alternative energy ... rocket assist.

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[yukonnights]

If only i could make the flux capacitor work from gas.

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[jaF0]

My eyes and my fingers despise each other.

How the hell did I just type 'done' instead of 'down'? Did my fingers kick in some kind of incorrect autocorrect?

 

[handysr]

I write stories on my phone all the time, as well as forum posts and emails. I'd rather use my laptop, but on my long work commute on the bus or ferry, I don't always have the room for it. I have over 50 draft stories on my phone's app, and I use cloud storage when I'm home to do edits before submitting them.

Siri hates me though. For the topic of this thread, I make many typos, and while correcting some of them, they got worse.

Examples:
“his sock slipped into her pussy”
“he watched his cement shoot onto her face”

Total mood killers for an erotic story, but those made me cry i was laughing so hard.

 

[sbrooks103]

My eyes and my fingers despise each other. I hunt'n'peck. Never could type properly. One, maybe two fingers on each hand is all that ever hits the keys. I've already made and corrected about 10 typos in this simple post.

One of my most common is with double letters where followed by an 'e', as in 'corrected' I almost always get the 'e' between them instead of after. When I go back to correct, I often hit the 'w' instead of the 'e'.

It's one reason why I've pretty much stopped writing longer posts or stories of any length. And no, this old dog ain't gonna learn no more. This dog's brain is pret-near mush these days.

Not too often, but I'm ALWAYS finding errors. I'll read my story, fix some errors, will read again and find new ones that I missed on the first pass.

I also have a bad habit of hitting the "n" when I'm aiming at the space bar, and vice versa.

 

[MidKnight1378]

I keep typing ‘the’ as ‘teh’. I have no idea why, but it’s really annoying.

Same here. Also “AND”. ANS

 

[Jada59]

All the damned time!

 

[MidKnight1378]

I learned to type in high school, before computers (I'm a dinosaur, as my kids remind me), so I know how to type. I've spent a huge chunk of my professional life at a keyboard. I can type fairly quickly, without looking at the keyboard, but I make many mistakes. It's frustrating. And the results, when I look at what I've written, can be comical.

Indeed fellow Dinosaur. I too took typing in high school, remembering the IBM electrics.

 

[SimonDoom]

Indeed fellow Dinosaur. I too took typing in high school, remembering the IBM electrics.

Hello.

Do typing classes even exist anymore? I imagine the idea of taking a typing class in high school must seem odd or comical to young people today, with the ubiquity of keyboards.

I'm impressed that people can write stories on phones. I just can't imagine doing that. Between my clumsy thumbs and autocorrect it would be a mess.