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The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows average annual expenditures on cell phone and residential phone services between 2001 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The line graph compares
average
Correct article usage
the average
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 yearly spending on mobile and landline
phones
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 by American consumers over a period of ten years.
It is clear that
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 spending on residential
phones
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 fell steadily over the 10-year period,
while
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 cell
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phones
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phone
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 expenditure increased sharply. In 2001, consumers in the US spent on average by far the highest amount , roughly $700 on
the
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apply
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residential
phone
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services
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, and less than a
third
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 of that on landline
phones
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, at just over $200. Over the following 5 years, the yearly spending on landline
phones
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 saw a
dramatical
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 decline ,
whereas
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 there was a sharp growth in cell
phone
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services
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.
However
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, both
of
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apply
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services
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 met
at
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apply
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the same record in 2006, at about $550. From 2006 to 2010, the average yearly expense for mobile
phone
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services
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 had risen gradually, but the figure for residential
phone
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services
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had
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fell
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fallen
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 slightly. By 2010, expenditure on mobile
phones
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 had reached around $750,
while
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 the figure for spending on residential
services
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 had fallen to just over half
this
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 amount.
Overall
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,
it is clear that
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 the
residential
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number of residential
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phone
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 user declined tremendously and cell
phone
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 users increased in the USA during the period
of
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apply
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from 2001 to 2010.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "it is clear that, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words phones, phone, services with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fell" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 2 times.
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