The English Constitution

words removed
98,304
marks left
14,049
words a sentence
23.8
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: Eugenics and Other Evils, G. K. Chesterton. More twins

Walter Bagehot on the shelf

2 books by Walter Bagehot are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 1st closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 1187 other authors on the shelf, Walter Bagehot's punctuation is closest to Robert S. Ball's.

Walter Bagehot's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookWalter Bagehot's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons11.39.97.6
Commas61.362.778.1
Colons1.21.31.8
Exclamation marks0.10.12.0
Question marks0.91.22.8
Words per sentence23.824.017.7
Dialogue8%14%18%

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

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