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In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
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It consists of a bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter ; the volume of mercury in the tube is much less than the volume in the bulb .
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The volume of mercury in the tube is much less than the volume in the bulb .


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The canon of the New Testament is the set of books Christians regard as divinely inspired and constituting the New Testament of the Christian Bible .
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The Christian Biblical canon is the set of books in the Bible .


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These men were consequently diagnosed as having syphilis at military induction centers and ordered to obtain treatment for syphilis before they could be taken into the armed services .
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They were ordered to get treatment for syphilis before they could be taken into the military .