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.

Q: ornamental plants are typically grown in the flower garden or as house plants.

A: ornamental plants are grown in a flower garden or used as house plants.
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Q: occasionally , she starred in " maestro minnie " maestro minnie.

A: sometimes , she starred in " maestro minnie " maestro minnie.
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Q: the two men toured new england and successfully raised private and public funds to found a school for deaf students in hartford , which later became known as the american school for the deaf.

A:
the two men went too new england and raised private and public money to found a school for deaf students in hartford , which later became known as the american school for the deaf.
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