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The table shows the change in the percentage of people joining in seven different sports from 1999 to 2009

The table shows the change in the percentage of people joining in seven different sports from 1999 to 2009
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The table illustrates the variation in the proportion of
people
 attending
in
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seven kinds of sports in
the
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Europe between 1999 to 2009.
Overall
, It is viewed that, football always received the highest percentage of
people
than
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rest
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the rest
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 of
others
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the others
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.
Whereas
, golf had a small number of
people
 in 1999.
To begin
, about 57% of
people
 joined
in
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football in 1999, which
was
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decreased steadily in other recorded years but always occupied the highest proportion.
Whereas
, the number of
people
joined
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 tennis was 32% less than in football in 1999 but there was a slight increase and reached
to
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33% in 2009. About 32%
people
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 swam in 1999, it just increased slightly to 34% and flattened out after 2004. As can be seen, there is a mere minority of golf and volleyball;
however
, they jumped
further
17
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% and 185 respectively in 2009. Basketball accounted for 26% in 1999 and it experienced a decrease of 2% in 2009.
By contrast
, Yoga had only 10% of
people
 in the first five years and raised to 13% in 2009.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "whereas".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "go" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "go" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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