How to Type Contractions Faster

101 Greatest iOS 9 Tips and Tricks for iPhone and iPad

Sometimes iOS will fail to automatically distinguish between contractions in your text — for instance, when you want “we’re,” from your typed out “were,” or, perhaps even worse, “he’ll” when you type “hell.”

Fortunately, however, if you wanted to type a contraction like “he’ll” or “we’ll” on iOS, but the system doesn’t autocorrect your “hell” or “well,” you can simply add on a third “l” character at the end. For example, if you type “helll,” iOS will automatically recommend “he’ll.” And the same goes for “welll,” which the keyboard will correct to “we’ll.”

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