The Theory of the Leisure Class

words removed
106,455
marks left
10,790
words a sentence
33.8
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 Book of Household Management, Mrs. Beeton. More twins

Thorstein Veblen on the shelf

It's the only book by Thorstein Veblen on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Thorstein Veblen's punctuation is closest to Mrs. Beeton's.

Mrs. Beeton'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
Semicolons5.47.2
Commas45.376.6
Colons0.11.6
Exclamation marks0.02.8
Question marks0.03.7
Words per sentence33.817.0
Dialogue0%22%

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

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