The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

words removed
12,341
marks left
1,835
words a sentence
34.9
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: Records of Captain Clapperton's Last Expedition to Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2), Richard Lander. More twins

Washington Irving on the shelf

2 books by Washington Irving are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Washington Irving's punctuation is closest to Jane G. Austin's.

Washington Irving's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookWashington Irving's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons14.112.67.2
Commas86.687.876.6
Colons0.41.01.6
Exclamation marks1.53.12.8
Question marks0.61.43.7
Words per sentence34.929.317.0
Dialogue1%7%22%

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

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