The Lock and Key Library

words removed
126,504
marks left
27,083
words a sentence
14.7
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 Belle of Bowling Green, Amelia E. Barr. More twins

Julian Hawthorne on the shelf

It's the only book by Julian Hawthorne on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Julian Hawthorne's punctuation is closest to Amelia E. Barr's.

Amelia E. Barr'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
Semicolons7.17.2
Commas69.876.6
Colons1.11.6
Exclamation marks5.12.8
Question marks6.73.7
Words per sentence14.717.0
Dialogue41%22%

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

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