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.

history the district was created on june 12 1994 by merging the previous districts pasewalk , ueckermünde and part of the district strasburg.
the district was created on june 12 1994 by unifying the old districts pasewalk , ueckermünde and part of strasburg.

the story of christmas is based on the biblical accounts given in the gospel of matthew , namely - and the gospel of luke , specifically -.
the story of christmas is based on the gospel of matthew and specifically the gospel of luke.

a night shift is either a group of workers who work during the night , or the period in which they work.

1 . a night shift is either a group of workers who work during the night , or the time when they work.