The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

words removed
253,615
marks left
100,346
words a sentence
7.2
most used mark
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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 Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6), the Elder Pliny. More twins

the Elder Pliny on the shelf

3 books by the Elder Pliny are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 3rd closest of the 3 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, the Elder Pliny's punctuation is closest to Antonio Pigafetta's.

the Elder Pliny's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookthe Elder Pliny's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons13.311.17.2
Commas142.1109.376.6
Colons3.34.71.6
Exclamation marks0.40.32.8
Question marks0.20.23.7
Words per sentence7.211.717.0
Dialogue3%2%22%

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

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