The bar chart below give information about five countries spending habits of shopping on consumer goods in 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Chart: http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2937/px6m.jpg
Given is the graph comparing the amount of money people in 4 European nations spent on 6 different products, namely console games, outdoor game accessories, cosmetics, books, toys and cameras. It is clear from the bar chart that the British allocated more money for consumer goods than any other countries under study.
More specifically, although Britain was the dominant nation in terms of money poured into the goods, the figures varied greatly as the smallest was for console games, at just more than 155 thousand pounds and the highes...
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Sentence: More specifically, although Britain was the dominant nation in terms of moeny poured into the goods, the figures varied greatly as the smallest was for console games, at just more than 155 thousand pounds and the highest was for cameras, at nearly 170 thousand pounds.
Error: moeny Suggestion: money
Sentence: Austrian residents spent practicially 140 thousand on console games, outdoor games accessories and cosmetics while the number for the remaining items were considerably larger.
Error: practicially Suggestion: practically
Sentence: People in the fomer country spent from 145 to 150 thousand on shopping, compared to approximately 155 thousand for the latter.
Error: fomer Suggestion: former
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