Handheld electronic device including automatic preferred selection of a punctuation, and associated method

A method of enabling a portable device (2) e, where said device (2) portable electronic includes an input apparatus (6) having several input member are capable of being actuated, wherein at least one of the aforementioned input members having a plurality of selectable output alternatives, the method comprising: detecting as an input a performance of an input member; ability to be responsive to said detecting as an input, generating a first output; detecting as another input a performance of an input member having a plurality of selectable output alternatives comprising at least a primary score and a secondary score; ability to be responsive to said detecting as another input, performing a determination whether said first output has the predetermined characteristic one; responsive to making a determination that said first output has said predetermined characteristic, preferring as a second output the secondary punctuation, and instead preferring as a second secondary output said primary punctuation; and outputting said second output.