Original sentence: As part of Central and South New Guinea, they form part of the original proposal for Trans–New Guinea, a position tentatively maintained by Malcolm Ross, though reduced nearly to Healey's original conception.Ross states that he cannot tell if the similarities in CSNG are shared innovations or retentions from proto-TNG.Voorhoeve argues specifically for an Awyu-Ok relationship, and Foley believes that these two families may be closest to Asmat among the TNG languages
Edited sentence: As part of Central and South New Guinea, they form part of the original proposal for Trans–New Guinea, Voorhoeve argues specifically for an Awyu-Ok relationship, and Foley believes that these two families may be closest to Asmat among the TNG languages