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Since we seem to be on pet peeves, one of mine are those books where the author/proofreader/whomever tosses in Oxford commas seemingly at random. One recent book I read had 6 of the 14 chapters using the Oxford comma and 8 that didn't. The Oxford comma is found before an and in a list of 3 or more items though some like to use if before any and. A sample use would be: John, Jason, and Jerry went to town to purchase some groceries, liquor, and shirts.
I don't really care which way they use the comma just that they be effing consistent.
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