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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Question: To the south in the Saar-Palatinate region , Lieutenant General George S. Patton 's U.S. 3rd Army had dealt a devastating blow to the German 7th Army and , in conjunction with the U.S. 7th Army , had nearly destroyed the German 1st Army .

Answer: To the south in the Saar-Palatinate region , Lt. Gen. George S. Patton 's 3rd Army had beaten the German 7th Army and the German 1st Army .


Question: Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a spontaneous process of symmetry breaking , by which a physical system in a symmetric state ends up in an asymmetric state .

Answer: Spontaneous symmetry breaking is a way symmetry breaks in a physical system .


Question: Lady Anne Romilly told her friend , the novelist Maria Edgeworth , that " " Mansfield Park " has been pretty generally admired here " and Edgeworth commented later that " we have been much entertained with Mansfield Park " .

Answer:
Lady Anne Romilly told her friend , the writer Maria Edgeworth , that " " Mansfield Park " has been pretty generally admired here " .