A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809

words removed
269,979
marks left
51,199
words a sentence
24.2
most used mark
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Its punctuation fingerprint: each mark's share, on the same scale as every book on the shelf.

Its punctuation twin, the closest fingerprint on the shelf: A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 5, Oct. 1811-Aug. 31, 1812, Charles Oman. More twins

Charles Oman on the shelf

2 books by Charles Oman are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 1187 other authors on the shelf, Charles Oman's punctuation is closest to W. Y. Evans-Wentz's.

Charles Oman's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookCharles Oman's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons3.13.37.6
Commas72.575.878.1
Colons4.64.51.8
Exclamation marks0.20.22.0
Question marks0.20.22.8
Words per sentence24.224.117.7
Dialogue10%12%18%

Every mark in reading order, left to right, top to bottom. Sentence endings are pink.

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