The Complete Works of Robert Burns

words removed
350,982
marks left
100,627
words a sentence
16.6
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: Manon Lescaut, abbé Prévost. More twins

Robert Burns on the shelf

2 books by Robert Burns are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Robert Burns's punctuation is closest to Charles Rogers's.

Robert Burns's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookRobert Burns's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons13.717.77.2
Commas106.8120.576.6
Colons6.97.31.6
Exclamation marks6.510.02.8
Question marks2.02.63.7
Words per sentence16.616.317.0
Dialogue8%7%22%

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

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