English is not my native language, so sometimes I have the tendency to misspell words or use them inappropriately. Ok. Maybe I’m just using this as an excuse.  Either way, I find autocorrect convenient when it comes to communicating through text or email.  Although it is easier to spell passively, thanks to autocomplete and autocorrect, I usually spell my words out fully and then check them with my autocorrect options to verify if I’m right or not. Although this defeats the purpose of autocorrect which is to make communication faster, it actually helps me remember words and their correct spellings better.

It didn’t always work that way, however. I once sent out a mass email to teachers in high school asking them to assist me in a fundraising project I was involved in. Due to the long content in my email, I told my teachers to “bare with me.” This was the most embarrassing thing in my email writing experience. If only autocorrect knew what I meant to say!