Disadvantages Autocorrection

in situations, automatic corrections can cause problems. particularly in technical , scientific writing. example, biochemical cyclic adenosine monophosphate commonly referred cyclic amp , in turn abbreviated camp . text replacement function may regard capitalization erroneous, , change camp , in context of biochemistry incorrect. older automatic-correction algorithms can cause problems in nontechnical writing; cupertino effect example: cooperation (which dictionaries not recognize unless hyphenated co-operation) became cupertino.

some writers , organizations choose consistently replace words others part of editorial policy, unforeseen results. example, american family association chose replace instances of word, gay , on website word, homosexual . caused article olympic sprinter tyson gay littered confusing sentences such as, in saturday s opening heat, homosexual pulled way up, way soon, , caught field, before accelerating again , lunging in fourth place .