diff --git a/internal/keytracker/keytracker.go b/internal/keytracker/keytracker.go
index b855212..7bed7b1 100644
--- a/internal/keytracker/keytracker.go
+++ b/internal/keytracker/keytracker.go
@@ -52,17 +52,12 @@ type KeyTracker struct {
 
 func (kt *KeyTracker) slurpWords(wordCh chan *Correction, stats stats) {
 	charBuf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	patternBuf := newPatternBuf(3)
 	log.Debug().Msg("Slurping words...")
 	for k := range kt.kbdEvents {
 		if kt.paused {
 			continue
 		}
 		if k.IsKeyRelease() {
-			patternBuf.write(k.AsRune)
-			if patternBuf.match(".  ") {
-				kt.kbd.TypeBackspace()
-			}
 			switch {
 			case k.IsBackspace():
 				// backspace key
@@ -71,22 +66,23 @@ func (kt *KeyTracker) slurpWords(wordCh chan *Correction, stats stats) {
 					charBuf.Truncate(charBuf.Len() - 1)
 				}
 			case k.AsRune == '\n' || unicode.IsControl(k.AsRune):
+				stats.IncKeyCounter()
 				// newline or control character, reset the buffer
 				charBuf.Reset()
 			case unicode.IsPunct(k.AsRune), unicode.IsSymbol(k.AsRune), unicode.IsSpace(k.AsRune):
+				stats.IncKeyCounter()
 				// a punctuation mark, which would indicate a word has been typed, so handle that
 				//
 				// most other punctuation should indicate end of word, so
 				// handle that
-				stats.IncKeyCounter()
 				if charBuf.Len() > 0 {
 					wordCh <- NewCorrection(charBuf.String(), "", k.AsRune)
 					charBuf.Reset()
 				}
 			default:
+				stats.IncKeyCounter()
 				// case unicode.IsDigit(k.AsRune), unicode.IsLetter(k.AsRune):
 				// a letter or number
-				stats.IncKeyCounter()
 				_, err := charBuf.WriteRune(k.AsRune)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Debug().Caller().Err(err).
diff --git a/internal/keytracker/pattern.go b/internal/keytracker/pattern.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 917c23a..0000000
--- a/internal/keytracker/pattern.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2023 Joshua Rich <joshua.rich@gmail.com>
-//
-// This software is released under the MIT License.
-// https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
-
-package keytracker
-
-import "bytes"
-
-type patternBuf struct {
-	buf      *bytes.Buffer
-	len, idx int
-}
-
-func newPatternBuf(size int) *patternBuf {
-	return &patternBuf{
-		buf: new(bytes.Buffer),
-		len: size,
-		idx: 0,
-	}
-}
-
-func (pb *patternBuf) write(r rune) {
-	if pb.idx == 3 {
-		pb.buf.Reset()
-		pb.idx = 0
-	}
-	pb.buf.WriteRune(r)
-	pb.idx++
-}
-
-func (pb *patternBuf) match(s string) bool {
-	return bytes.HasSuffix(pb.buf.Bytes(), []byte(s))
-}