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.

Input: Consider Input: Gideon argued in his appeal that he had been denied counsel and , therefore , his Sixth Amendment rights , as applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment , had been violated .

Output: Gideon argued that he had been denied a lawyer , which violated his Sixth Amendment rights .


Input: Consider Input: The City of Victoria , often called Victoria City or simply Victoria , was the " de facto " capital of Hong Kong during the British colonial period .

Output: Victoria City is technically the capital of Hong Kong .


Input: Consider Input: In 1986 , Portugal joined the European Economic Community ( EEC ) that later became the European Union ( EU ) .


Output: Portugal went into the European Union in 1986 .