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The two pie charts below illustrate the outlays and income of the
United States federal government for the fiscal year 2001.
 
Summarise the information by reporting and selecting the main
features of the graph and making appropriate comparisons where
relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.

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Using “Respectively”
 
“Respectively” is an adverb. It can be a useful word to use when you are 
listing 
data. 
Let’s look at how to use “respectively”:
In the above pie chart diagram, in 2001:
Miscellaneous taxes = 9%
Corporate income taxes = 7%
 
We can describe/compare these pieces of information together by writing this:
1) Miscellaneous taxes
and 
(2) corporate income taxes
accounted for 
(1) 9%
and
(2) 7%
of the total income, 
respectively.
Notice that the data that is being described is listed 
in the same order
. In other words,
if I list miscellaneous taxes first, then I must also list the corresponding statistic (9%)
first. “Respectively” is often placed at the end of a sentences and is preceded by a comma
(,). 
Let’s look at some more examples of sentences that use “respectively” in this book:
Taiwan and Japan had the largest percentage of total exports shipped to the
United States, with around 34% and 33%, respectively. 
By using “respectively” in the above sentence, we can see that:
·
Taiwan exported 34% of its total exports to the United States, and
·
Japan exported 33% of its total exports to the United States
We can tell this because of the order in which they are listed, and because “respectively”
follows the description.