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Given a question, generate a paraphrase of that question wihout changing the meaning of it. Your answer should reword the given sentence, but not add information to it or remove information from it. The answer to your question should be the same as the answer to the original question.
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Question: the number of times john steinbeck was married?
answer:
how many times was john steinbeck married?


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Question: what it the capital of new york?
answer:
capital of new york?


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Question: who were the fathers of elizabeth taylor's children?
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who are the fathers of elizabeth taylor's children?