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The pie charts below show the average household expenditure in a country in 1950 and 2010.

The pie charts below show the average household expenditure in a country in 1950 and 2010.
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The pie charts illustrate the average squandering by families with housing,
food
,
health
care
, education, transportation and others in a country for the years 1950 and 2010 in percentages respectively.
Overall
, the amount expended on housing was
initially
 more, but
eventually
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food
 expenses became high.
Whereas
, for both
the
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years the smallest money was paid out on
health
care
. In 1950, 72.1% of the total expenditure was on housing, which is the highest portion,
while
food
 and education
accounts
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 for 11.2% and 6.6% each.
However
, the minimum money was disbursed on the other categories
with
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at
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 4.4%, transportation is 3.3% and
finally
the
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health
care
 accounts for only 2.2% of the whole expenses.
However
, in 2010 people started spending more on
food
 which is 34% of the total amount,
while
 housing cost
has
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dropped to just 22%.
Moreover
, the expenditure on the other divisions has increased to 19.2%, which is almost 15% more than
former
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 year and
similarly
 the investment in transportation has
also
 risen to 14%.
Finally
, the combined percentage of education and
health
care
 accounts for 10.8%.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "finally, however, while".
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Conclusion: The conclusion is too long.
Basic structure: Change the third paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words food, health, care with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the third paragraph.
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