How the Other Half Lives

words removed
82,819
marks left
13,631
words a sentence
22.9
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: Sword and Pen, John Algernon Owens. More twins

Jacob A. Riis on the shelf

It's the only book by Jacob A. Riis on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Jacob A. Riis's punctuation is closest to John Algernon Owens's.

John Algernon Owens's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookEvery book's median
Semicolons3.27.2
Commas65.176.6
Colons1.61.6
Exclamation marks0.62.8
Question marks1.13.7
Words per sentence22.917.0
Dialogue7%22%

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

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