The Complete Works of John Gower, Volume 2

words removed
247,573
marks left
68,184
words a sentence
15.1
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 Lovers Assistant, Henry Fielding. More twins

John Gower on the shelf

It's the only book by John Gower on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, John Gower's punctuation is closest to Edward Vernon Arnold's.

Edward Vernon Arnold'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
Semicolons5.77.2
Commas97.276.6
Colons12.01.6
Exclamation marks0.22.8
Question marks0.53.7
Words per sentence15.117.0
Dialogue14%22%

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

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