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The charts below showa the total number of minutes in billions of telephone calls in the UK, devided into three categories, from1995-2002.

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The amount of time spent by UK
residence
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 through three various forms of phone calls (local, national, international fixed lined and mobiles) is demonstrated in the graph below, in a seven-year period, between 1995 to 2002, in the UK.
Overall
, the highest number of phone calls
are
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 related to local calls made through fixed lines with a significant difference to the lowest proportion allocated to the calls over cellphones. The gap between the three categories had narrowed considerably over the second half of the period.
According
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 the data, the number of phone calls through local
line
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lines
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hadn’t
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changed
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 (
starts
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 at roughly 72 billion
minutes
 and
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 with the same number) over the period,
however
, it hit
the
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 peak of 90
minutes
 in 1999, following a drop to 72
minutes
 in 2002. Considering the National and international fixed line data, there was a gradual
grow
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 from virtually 38 billion to 60 billion
minutes
 over
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time.
On the other hand
, the calls aver mobiles had increased dramatically from 4
minutes
 to 44
minutes
 (almost 10 times higher).
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coherence cohesion
You have provided an overview and described data from the charts, which is good. However, your essay lacks clear and distinct paragraphing, making it difficult to follow the logical progression of information. Structuring your essay into distinct paragraphs would improve readability.
task achievement
You need to ensure that you address all parts of the task sufficiently. While you have made an attempt to summarize the information from the charts, your essay lacks detail in describing the trends and changes over the specified period. You may also want to conclude with a clear summary or highlight the most noticeable trends.

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