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.

Example Input: 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 .
Example Output: 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 .

Example Input: The lanthanide elements are the group of elements with atomic number increasing from 57 ( lanthanum ) to 71 ( lutetium ) .
Example Output: From lanthanum ( 57 ) to lutetium ( 71 )

Example Input: When bands of precipitation near frontal zones approach steep topography , a low-level barrier jet stream forms parallel to and just prior to the mountain ridge , which slows down the frontal rainband just prior to the mountain barrier .
Example Output:
When rainbands near frontal zones get close to steep mountains , a low-level barrier jet stream forms parallel to and just before the mountain ridge .