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Lately I’ve been seeing more and more ads for “autocorrect” apps or add-ons. Facebook’s got one now, and apparently, if you use Chrome as a browser it can extend to all the writing you do on there. Now, we all like being able to know when we’ve spelled something wrong (especially if it’s going to lead to an embarrassing exchange later on), but my question is this: How useful, in the long run, is this app and others of its kind going to be? If users misspell a word, notice their mistake, and as the app corrects it, note in their mind the mistake, then they’ll be furthering their spelling skills. I just hope whoever uses this app manages to glean the difference between “there,” “their,” and “they’re.”
