The Passionate Elopement

words removed
109,156
marks left
23,170
words a sentence
15.3
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: Cynthia's Chauffeur, Louis Tracy. More twins

Compton Mackenzie on the shelf

It's the only book by Compton Mackenzie on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Compton Mackenzie's punctuation is closest to Louis Tracy's.

Louis Tracy'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
Semicolons2.27.2
Commas65.976.6
Colons0.81.6
Exclamation marks4.62.8
Question marks5.33.7
Words per sentence15.317.0
Dialogue29%22%

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

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