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The graphs below show the number of marriages and divorces in the USA between 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant

The graphs below show the number of marriages and divorces in the USA between 1970 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
The
given
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apply
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bar charts
gives
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given
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 the information about the number of married and divorced
people
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 and
marital
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the marital
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 status of adult
americans
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Americans
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 from 1970 to 2000. It is crystal clear that
,
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 the total number of married couples was
same
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the same
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 in 1970 and 1980 which was around 2.5
milions
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millions
million
.
Whereas
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, marriage
heppened
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happened
 slightly less in
upcoming
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the upcoming
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year
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 1990 which was approximately 2.4
milions
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million
millions
. We can clearly see that in the
year
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of
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2000, 2
milions
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millions
million
 of
people
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 got married which was almost half
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a milion
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milion
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million
 less than in 1970.
On the other hand
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, around 1
milion
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million
 of
married
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the married
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couple
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couples
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 got divorced
in
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between
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 1970 and the
year
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of
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apply
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2000.
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While in
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In
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 the
year
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of
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apply
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1980 majority of
divorce
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divorces
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 happened. The total
numer
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number
 of married adults in America was 60 %in 2000.
On the contrary
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, married couples were almost 10
percentage
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per cent
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 higher in 1970. There were 20 % of
people
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 who never got married in 2000 and around 15 % in 1970.
People
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 who got divorced in 1970
as well as
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 in 2000 were at the
lest
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least
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.Widowed
people
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 were less than 10
percent
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per cent
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 in both
the
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apply
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years.
To conclude
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, the
propostion
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proportion
proposition
 of
people
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 who got married were higher
in
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at
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 30 years
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as well
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old
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as
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and
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 the
percentge
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percentage
 of married adult were at
the
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its
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 peak in both
the
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apply
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years.

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Sentences: Add more complex sentences.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "as well as".
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Basic structure: Change the fourth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, year with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the fourth paragraph.
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