The charts below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 and 2000, and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years.
The two bar charts illustrate percentages and
number
to explain the changes in marital status and Fix the agreement mistake
numbers
people
married or divorced respectively, over four decades, since
1970 to 2000 in America
The Change preposition
from
number
of people
married did not change a lot between 1970 and 2000. In 1970 and the following decade the number
of people
who were married remained stable, while
in 1990 and 2000 the numbers were
slightly decreased. In the same Unnecessary verb
apply
period
the Add a comma
period,
number
of people
who were divorced in 1970 until 2000 remained stable, except a small increment of numbers in 1980.
It is clear to see that the majority of adult Americans who were married couples have a higher rate because the percentage in 1970 was of
70%, Change preposition
apply
whereas
in 2000 one seventh lower. However
, there were people
who had never married in 2000 and they were and just one third
more in 1970. The other two Add a hyphen
one-third
status
which are widowed and divorced had small percentages in the whole period studied.Fix the agreement mistake
statuses
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, people with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "stable" was used 2 times.
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