The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

words removed
87,611
marks left
12,814
words a sentence
28.7
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: "De Bello Gallico" and Other Commentaries, Julius Caesar. More twins

Emma Helen Blair on the shelf

2 books by Emma Helen Blair are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 2nd closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Emma Helen Blair's punctuation is closest to Lynn Thorndike's.

Emma Helen Blair's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookEmma Helen Blair's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons10.07.17.2
Commas76.569.076.6
Colons1.42.81.6
Exclamation marks0.00.02.8
Question marks0.10.23.7
Words per sentence28.724.717.0
Dialogue2%8%22%

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

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