Second Treatise of Government

words removed
56,582
marks left
9,148
words a sentence
32.7
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: An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1, John Locke. More twins

John Locke on the shelf

2 books by John Locke are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, John Locke's punctuation is closest to Jonathan Swift's.

John Locke's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookJohn Locke's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons11.011.97.2
Commas104.398.176.6
Colons6.45.61.6
Exclamation marks0.00.02.8
Question marks1.71.43.7
Words per sentence32.731.817.0
Dialogue1%1%22%

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

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