Either the autocomplete in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 is buggy, or I am. Either way, when I try to type this and hit the spacebar:
SELECT TOP
Autocomplete immediately changes it to this (Topics is a table in one of our databases, btw):
SELECT Topics
Is there a way to fix, or at least gracefully work around this?
Unfortunately, no. SSMS Intellisense is a 1.0 product, and is not as feature-rich as many third-party products. You can turn it off OR ignore the suggestion (with the ESC key).