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 Input:
Uniformitarianism , also known as the Doctrine of Uniformity , is the assumption that the same natural laws and processes that operate in our present-day scientific observations have always operated in the universe in the past and apply everywhere in the universe .

Ex Output:
Uniformitarianism is the idea that the same physical laws of today have always operated .


Ex Input:
For some purposes , Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario are treated as separate regions , while for other purposes they are grouped together as Northern Ontario .

Ex Output:
Sometimes , Northwestern Ontario is grouped with Northeastern Ontario as Northern Ontario .


Ex Input:
The Confederation of the Rhine ( ; French : officially " " ( " Confederated States of the Rhine " ) , but in practice " " ) was a confederation of client states of the First French Empire .

Ex Output:

The Confederation of the Rhine was a client state of First French Empire .