Why does it put an upside down question mark on some of the things I write?
Like when I write something like this: ¿quieres otra (do you want another one)
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¿ is really needed in Spanish because the sentence structure does not usually indicate that a question will follow.
In English it is usually, but not always, obvious that a question is being asked, because they more often start with words that are question words.
Do you like ice cream?
¿te gusta el helado?
te gusta el helado - would be a statement / declaración
As I am told, In Spanish we "open" a question "¿" and then "close it" " ?". The same with the ¡ exclamation!.
Welcome to the forum, Rachel!
The upside down question mark is correct punctuation for a question posed in Spanish. I'm not sure what "it" is, but "it" is adding the correct symbol.
I'm not sure I understand your question, but that is my guess.
Hola. That's correct Spanish punctuation. You put a "¿" in front of questions [in Spanish] and a "¡" in front of exclamatory sentences. It looks funny at first, but you'll get used to it 
In Spanish, if you are asking a question, it needs an upside down question mark before it, as, unlike in English there are no indicators at the start of the sentence to show whether it is a question or not.
¿Quieres otro? - Do you want another?
Quieres otro - You want another.
So, if you have an auto-corrector, it will fix your punctuation and put it there you haven't 
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