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: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies served to provide necessary scientific tension in order to accelerate and enhance developments in behavioral genetics , helping it gain traction as a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .
Example Output: Benzer and Hirsch 's competing philosophies developed behavioral genetics , and helped it become a legitimate area of study in the scientific community .

Example Input: Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time , in which case the number of remaining laps is calculated as the race progresses .
Example Output: Race length can be either a time or a number of laps .

Example Input: Fan fiction or fanfiction ( also abbreviated to fan fic , fanfic , fic or ff ) is a type of fictional text written by fans of any work of fiction where the author uses established characters , settings , and / or other intellectual properties from an original creator as a basis for their writing .
Example Output:
Fan fiction or fanfiction ( also known as fanfic ) is a name for fiction created by fans instead of the original author .