The Red Seal

words removed
55,621
marks left
15,181
words a sentence
12.2
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: Kate Plus 10, Edgar Wallace. More twins

Natalie Sumner Lincoln on the shelf

It's the only book by Natalie Sumner Lincoln on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Natalie Sumner Lincoln's punctuation is closest to Jacques Futrelle's.

Jacques Futrelle'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
Semicolons6.27.2
Commas66.476.6
Colons0.41.6
Exclamation marks2.52.8
Question marks11.13.7
Words per sentence12.217.0
Dialogue46%22%

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

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