I was just thinking about English pet peeves.I taught English for awhile so I ran across many, but the biggest one goes back junior high.
My big pet English peeve is cuz. I can understand using it as a replacement for cousin. Hey, cuz, but I hate it when them people use it as a replacement for because.
I’ve felt this way since Grade 7 when I was sitting board in class and this girl was writing up notes. She was spending too much time doing the writing all beautiful but then I noticed that she was using cuz instead of because.
Beautiful writing cheapened by the use of cuz. Why go to all the effort of making something look good when you use cheap, lazy words? She didn’t like it when I told her that she was a cheap girl.