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The world's most utilized email [provision / provider] turned 20 on Monday. Gmail was [launched / lunched] on the 1st of April 2004. At that time, it was revolutionary because it offered a [hugely / huge] amount of storage, and it was free. Some people thought it was a [coax / hoax] because it was announced on April Fools' Day. However, it was no [joke / joking] . Gmail offered an enormous 1 gigabyte of [stored / storage] for free. Many other providers only provided 15 megabytes. At first, people could only [singe / sign] up for Gmail after receiving an invitation. It became a "must-have" tool for technology [fan / fans] . Another reason for Gmail's success is that it searched mails faster than any [other / another] email service at the time. It was also better at filtering [spasm / spam] .

Since 2004, Gmail has [became / become] the world's biggest email provider. More than 1.7 billion people use [them / it] . That's 20 per cent of the world population. Around 45 per cent of email [usages / users] in the USA use it. Over the years, Google has increased its [free / freely] storage to 15 gigabytes and has added many new [features / feature] . One of these is a one-click unsubscribe button [to / for] keep unwanted mail away. Another feature is an "undo send" button. This allows users to stop a [male / mail] from being sent after clicking "send". The PC Mag website said Gmail is an [importance / important] part of life today. It wrote: "Gmail is so embedded in so many people's [life / lives] that hardly anyone thinks much about it." It is [liked / likely] people will use it forever.

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