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.

[EX Q]: Commercially , the album was less successful than Madonna 's previous albums , peaking at number 2 on the US " Billboard " 200 , becoming her first studio album not to top the chart since her debut .
[EX A]: It was less successful than earlier albums by Madonna : it peaked at number two in the United States .

[EX Q]: A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business , organisation or other entity , such as an amateur television ( ATV ) operator , that transmits video content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth 's surface to a receiver on earth .
[EX A]: A television station is a commercial business or organization that transmits their signals directly to television receivers ( TV sets ) .

[EX Q]: Other terms for referring to this area include the " Eastern Seaboard " ( " seaboard " being American English for coast ) , " Atlantic Coast " , and " Atlantic Seaboard " ( because the coastline lies along the Atlantic Ocean ) .
[EX A]:
It is also called the " Eastern Seaboard " or " Atlantic Seaboard " .