Original sentence: Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used world-wide for numbering the year part of the date.The numbering of years is identical to that used in the Anno Domini (BC/AD) system, with  being the current year in both systems and neither using a year zero
Edited sentence: Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar system for numbering the year part of the date.In the western world, the BC/AD notation is still by far the preferred and recognized system.The numbering of BCE/CE years is identical to that used in the Anno Domini (BC/AD) system, with  being the current year in both systems and neither using a year zero