The table provides information based on food/drinks/tobacco
consumer
spending on different items in several Use synonyms
countries
in 2002. Use synonyms
Overall
, it is immediately apparent that the Linking Words
percentage
of national Use synonyms
consumer
Use synonyms
expenditure
in Use synonyms
food
/drinks/tobacco Correct article usage
the food
category
held the lion’s share Use synonyms
while
Linking Words
leisure
/education Correct article usage
the leisure
category
was the lowest in Use synonyms
allocated
budget by all Add an article
the allocated
countries
in the given year.
Use synonyms
More
detailed look at the table reveals that the Add an article
A more
percentage
of national Use synonyms
consumer
Use synonyms
expenditure
Use synonyms
in
food/drinks/tobacco was the highest in Turkey and stood at 32.14% , Change preposition
on
whereas
Sweden was the lowest withLinking Words
the
rate of 16.36% in the same Correct article usage
a
category
.
Interestingly, the Use synonyms
percentage
of national Use synonyms
consumer
Use synonyms
expenditure
Use synonyms
of
Change preposition
in
clothing
/footwear Correct article usage
the clothing
category
was the highest in Italy and accounted for 9.00% , Use synonyms
while
Sweden constituted 5.40%. It is worth mentioning that there was a wide gap between the first and Linking Words
second
categories in all Linking Words
countries
.
In sharp contrast withUse synonyms
Correct article usage
the
category
leisure/education Use synonyms
category
experienced a plunge in Use synonyms
allocated
budget by all Add an article
the allocated
countries
. Use synonyms
However
, Turkey held the lion’s share and made up 4.35% , Linking Words
while
Spain was the lowest and comprised 1.98% , the Linking Words
percentage
of Use synonyms
expenditure
was too close among the figures of Use synonyms
countries
.Use synonyms