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    Language References (Pie Chart / Percentage / Comparisons) : A. Synonyms of "Percentage"

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    This document provides language references for discussing percentages and comparisons in pie charts, including: 1. Synonyms that can be used instead of "percentage" such as proportion, ratio, rate, and share. 2. Useful sentence structures for reporting percentages and comparisons between factors. 3. Synonyms that can be used instead of "occupy" such as account for, take up, and constitute. 4. Words to describe something as big or small such as substantial/negligible and major/insignificant. 5. Ways to describe percentages such as three quarters for 75% and nearly a half for 47%. 6. Phrases of approximation that can be used

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    This document provides language references for discussing percentages and comparisons in pie charts, including: 1. Synonyms that can be used instead of "percentage" such as proportion, ratio, rate, and share. 2. Useful sentence structures for reporting percentages and comparisons between factors. 3. Synonyms that can be used instead of "occupy" such as account for, take up, and constitute. 4. Words to describe something as big or small such as substantial/negligible and major/insignificant. 5. Ways to describe percentages such as three quarters for 75% and nearly a half for 47%. 6. Phrases of approximation that can be used

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    This document provides language references for discussing percentages and comparisons in pie charts, including: 1. Synonyms that can be used instead of "percentage" such as proportion, ratio, rate, and share. 2. Useful sentence structures for reporting percentages and comparisons between factors. 3. Synonyms that can be used instead of "occupy" such as account for, take up, and constitute. 4. Words to describe something as big or small such as substantial/negligible and major/insignificant. 5. Ways to describe percentages such as three quarters for 75% and nearly a half for 47%. 6. Phrases of approximation that can be used

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    Language References (Pie Chart / Percentage / Comparisons) : A. Synonyms of "Percentage"

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    LANGUAGE REFERENCES

    (PIE CHART / PERCENTAGE / COMPARISONS)

    A. Synonyms of “Percentage”:
    - The percentage of…
    - The proportion of…
    - The ratio of…
    - The rate of…
    - The share of…
    - The fraction of…
    Note: avoid using “the number of…, the quantity of…”

    B. Useful sentence structures:


    1) Factor A occupied about 10% of all the production in 2000. (Active Voice)

    2) In 2000, about 10% of all the production was occupied by Factor A. (Passive Voice)

    3) There was about 10% of all the production which was occupied by Factor A in 2000.

    (There + to be / Relative clause)

    4) Factor A held the highest proportion/rank/position/share in 2010, at 30%.

    5) In 2010, the lowest proportion/rank/position/share belonged to Factor B, at only

    5%.

    6) The second largest share was kept by Factor C, at around a quarter.

    7) Factor E and Factor F shared the same ratio of approximately 15%.

    8) In 2010, Factor A nearly doubled Factor E, at 30% and 15%, respectively.

    9) Factor A was six times greater than Factor B, with 30% for the former and 5% for the

    latter.

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    Synonyms of “occupy”
    account for accounted for
    take up took up
    contribute contributed
    constitute constituted
    make up made up
    be responsible for was/were/is/are responsible for

    C. Big vs. small:


    big small
    considerable, substantial, negligible, marginal,
    significant, remarkable, minimal, minor,
    noticeable, major, extensive unimportant, insignificant,
    inconsiderable, tiny

    D. Factions:
    75% three quarters
    50% precisely/roughly a half
    47% nearly/under a half
    34% over/above a third
    25% exactly a quarter
    19% almost a fifth

    E. Expressions of approximation: use these words / phrases before an estimated


    number/percentage.
    • About, around, more or less
    • Just under, under, below, less than
    • Just above, above, more than
    • Nearly, almost, approximately
    • precisely, roughly, exactly, accurately

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