The Wendigo

words removed
18,600
marks left
3,761
words a sentence
20.0
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: Twice-told Tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne. More twins

Algernon Blackwood on the shelf

2 books by Algernon Blackwood are on the shelf. Its fingerprint is the 1st closest of the 2 to their average. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Algernon Blackwood's punctuation is closest to Honoré de Balzac's.

Algernon Blackwood's average fingerprint

Marks per 1,000 words, except words per sentence and dialogue (the share of words inside quotation marks).
This bookAlgernon Blackwood's averageEvery book's median
Semicolons5.95.47.2
Commas79.076.976.6
Colons0.70.61.6
Exclamation marks4.84.12.8
Question marks1.92.03.7
Words per sentence20.020.217.0
Dialogue12%13%22%

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

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