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words removed
62,892
marks left
14,732
words a sentence
13.9
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: The Adventures of Heine, Edgar Wallace. More twins

Ronald Fraser on the shelf

It's the only book by Ronald Fraser on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Ronald Fraser's punctuation is closest to Louis Tracy's.

Louis Tracy'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
Semicolons3.77.2
Commas78.476.6
Colons1.01.6
Exclamation marks3.22.8
Question marks6.53.7
Words per sentence13.917.0
Dialogue40%22%

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

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