The Principles of Scientific Management

words removed
36,875
marks left
4,423
words a sentence
30.1
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 Horsewoman, Alice M. Hayes. More twins

Frederick Winslow Taylor on the shelf

It's the only book by Frederick Winslow Taylor on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Frederick Winslow Taylor's punctuation is closest to Alice M. Hayes's.

Alice M. Hayes'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
Semicolons1.87.2
Commas56.576.6
Colons1.11.6
Exclamation marks0.12.8
Question marks0.93.7
Words per sentence30.117.0
Dialogue8%22%

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

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