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words removed
10,272
marks left
2,006
words a sentence
26.4
most used mark
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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: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 452, Various. More twins

Violet Jacob on the shelf

It's the only book by Violet Jacob on the shelf. Of the 623 other authors on the shelf, Violet Jacob's punctuation is closest to William Cullen Bryant's.

William Cullen Bryant'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
Semicolons14.47.2
Commas94.576.6
Colons0.81.6
Exclamation marks5.02.8
Question marks4.83.7
Words per sentence26.417.0
Dialogue9%22%

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

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