Self Help

words removed
141,786
marks left
23,746
words a sentence
26.1
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 Servant's Behaviour Book, Emily A. Patmore. More twins

Samuel Smiles on the shelf

It's the only book by Samuel Smiles on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Samuel Smiles's punctuation is closest to Emily A. Patmore's.

Emily A. Patmore'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
Semicolons9.97.2
Commas79.276.6
Colons1.41.6
Exclamation marks0.82.8
Question marks0.63.7
Words per sentence26.117.0
Dialogue15%22%

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

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