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The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below shows the annual number of rentals and sales (in various formats) of films from a particular store between 2002 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The chart illustrates statistics concerning how many different kinds of movies per year were sold and rented from a specific store over a nine-year
period
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.
Overall
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,
while
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 the
number
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 of
rentals
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 decreased significantly, DVD
sales
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 became dominant over the whole
period
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. In terms of
rentals
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, it was the most popular type of movie from 2002 to 2003, with about 180000 films rented in
this
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period
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, followed by a slight decrease to 160000 in 2004.
In contrast
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, the
number
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 of
DVDs
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DVD
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sales
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 rose drastically, with the level rising by 120000 to 170000 in 2004,
thus
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 substituting for
rentals
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, as the most commonplace format. After 2004,
although
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 DVD
sales
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 remained at
this
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 level, despite a slight rise, the
number
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 of
rentals
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 fell dramatically to 60000 in 2011.
On the other hand
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, both VHS and Blu-ray accounted for an insignificant proportion of annual
sales
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.
Although
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 VHS
sales
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 represented the second-highest
number
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 in 2002, with around 85000 films, they experienced a four-year
period
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 of immense decrease, leading to an elimination from the list of forms.
On the contrary
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, Blu-ray
sales
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 started adding to the list of formats in 2007, and there had been a slight increase in their
number
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 to 10,000 by 2011.
However
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, they were approximately responsible for an infinitesimal level of
sales
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 during
this
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period
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.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "although".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words period, number, rentals, sales with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "number of" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 3 times.
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