In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

[EX Q]: in 1855 parts of nash county , edgecombe county , johnston county , and wayne county were combined to form wilson county , north carolina.
[EX A]: in 1855 parts of nash county , edgecombe county , johnston county , and wayne county were put together to form wilson county , north carolina.

[EX Q]: the taiwan strait or formosa strait is a 180-km-wide -lrb- 111.85-mile-wide -rrb- strait between mainland china and taiwan.
[EX A]: the taiwan strait -lrb- formosa strait -rrb- is a 180 km wide -lrb- 111.85 mile wide -rrb- strait between china and taiwan.

[EX Q]: due to the cold war , subsequent trials never took place.
[EX A]:
due to the cold war , later trials never took place.