I hate the i/I autocorrect. I have, however, managed to turn it off on Word, thankfully. I dread to think what it might do to my thesis at the wrong moment...
On the converse of the Espresso thing, I also hate people who say "sikth" instead of "sixth." People, it has a cs sound in it! argh!
The internet-connected computer I use is in the office, and it's been misbehaving for ages, resetting all my user settings every time I log on. Hence I have to tell it to change the shared networks, change the startup menu to Classic, make Clipboard not come up every time I press Ctrl, set Autocorrect firmly to off &c. Thankfully this seems to have been sorted out now, so hopefully Word won't keep "correcting" my data....
Microsoft is evil. I have said this before. I seem to spend half my life correcting the auto correct/re-formatting the auto-format. Why can it not understand that not everything can be achieved with bullet points?
I agree. 'Expresso' is a corruption of 'espresso', which actually means something quite different. But what should you do if you actually want an espresso? Mime it? Draw a picture?
-- People who say "alternate" when they mean "alternative". Especially academic people who use it when it has alternative (ahem) meanings in a vital e-mail. Cretins.
Yes, I'm with you there, too. Although I think it's all about where you put the stress, really.
-- The automatic correct option on Microsoft products which "corrects" all lower case i's to capital I's, because obviously all languages are like English.
Yes, but they should be, and then we'd all be much happier and less confused. You can turn that off, you know, by clicking the little drop-down menu underneath the letter after pressing the backspace (although I suppose it depends on which version of Word you're using).
-- Loose Women. (Note the capitals.)Noted. Loose women (note lower case) probably have AIDS and things,
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On the converse of the Espresso thing, I also hate people who say "sikth" instead of "sixth." People, it has a cs sound in it! argh!
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-- People who say "expresso".
I agree. 'Expresso' is a corruption of 'espresso', which actually means something quite different. But what should you do if you actually want an espresso? Mime it? Draw a picture?
-- People who say "alternate" when they mean "alternative".
Especially academic people who use it when it has alternative (ahem) meanings in a vital e-mail. Cretins.
Yes, I'm with you there, too. Although I think it's all about where you put the stress, really.
-- The automatic correct option on Microsoft products which "corrects" all lower case i's to capital I's, because obviously all languages are like English.
Yes, but they should be, and then we'd all be much happier and less confused. You can turn that off, you know, by clicking the little drop-down menu underneath the letter after pressing the backspace (although I suppose it depends on which version of Word you're using).
-- Loose Women. (Note the capitals.)Noted. Loose women (note lower case) probably have AIDS and things, ( ... )
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