Boston

words removed
296,533
marks left
58,176
words a sentence
20.3
most used mark
,

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: The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain. More twins

Upton Sinclair on the shelf

2 books by Upton Sinclair are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 1st closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Upton Sinclair's punctuation is closest to Gustave Flaubert's.

Upton Sinclair's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookUpton Sinclair's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons9.110.27.2
Commas69.570.076.6
Colons1.91.31.6
Exclamation marks6.45.82.8
Question marks4.23.83.7
Words per sentence20.321.417.0
Dialogue27%20%22%

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

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