Original sentence: Arab sources generally tend to concentrate their attention in the superficial similarities (such as morphology, syntax, phonotactics, lexicon, word-formation) and to ignore the differences, and so show a culturally-biased tendency to regard MSA and Classical Arabic as different registers of one and the same language.For all these reasons, Modern Standard Arabic is generally treated as  separate language in non-Arab sources.The modern Standard language is closely based on the Classical language, and most Arabs consider the two varieties to be two registers of one and the same language, although linguists readily point out the many differences
Edited sentence: Arab sources generally tend to regard MSA and Classical Arabic as different registers of one and the same language because of the overwhelming similarities in such areas as morphology, syntax, phonotactics, lexicon, and word-formation and because the differences are much fewer than the differences extant in Modern English from the 15th century to the present.For all these reasons, Modern Standard Arabic is generally treated as separate language in non-Arab sources.The modern Standard language is closely based on the Classical language, and most Arabs consider the two varieties to be two registers of one and the same language