Finding : useful vocabularies and phrases

- ......has/ have increased/risen slightly/sharply/considerably/gradually more than ...

- ......has/have decrease/dropped/fallen/decreased/.....

Describing tables
5/8 = five eights
1/2 = a half
1/10 = one in ten
1/5 = one in five
45% = just under half
7% = minority
28 % = just over a quarter
98% = majority
57% = over half
0 = none
100% = all
Quantifiers
a third
three out of five
one in three
three-quarters(75%)
one in ten(10%)
a quarter(25%,1/4)
nine out of ten
a fifth
a tenth

Qualifiers
about /approximately
almost/nearly
more than
(just) over /under
less/fewer than

Phrases

- Almost a third(32%) of the respondents say + S...............
- This is higher among women(35%,compared to 29% of men)
- 20 % of those aged 18-24
- As common to their counterparts in the male group
- Most of the respondents say.....
- Between the male and female group have a same percentage
- The difference being in the other group
- Just over half of the ....agree with the statement that'..................' and exacly.....strongly agree with the same statement.
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Express opinion in finding only one word
- Surprisingly,....
- Disappointingly,....
- Unsurprisingly,...
- Contrary to expectation...
- Encouragingly,.....

New paragraphes
- Regarding + N
- As for + N
- When it come to ....
- In term of ....
- In term of the most important aspects of ....
- As expected...
- With regard to + N

Reporting verbs

Weaker reporting verbs :
describe ,discuss,
explain,hypothesize,imply,indicate,note,propose,report,say,state,suggest + that

Stronger reporting verbs: .......+ that
affirm ,allege
argue
assert
claim
content
demonstrate
maintain
predict
recommend
say
show