Leyte

words removed
181,857
marks left
33,899
words a sentence
17.5
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: History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 V. 1 (of 4), Great Britain. War Office. More twins

M. Hamlin Cannon on the shelf

It's the only book by M. Hamlin Cannon on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, M. Hamlin Cannon's punctuation is closest to George Stewart's.

George Stewart'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
Semicolons3.17.2
Commas63.176.6
Colons1.21.6
Exclamation marks0.02.8
Question marks0.13.7
Words per sentence17.517.0
Dialogue3%22%

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

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