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.

He was the first Chair of the British Association for Applied Linguistics , 1967 – 70 , and was instrumental in developing the field of applied linguistics in the United Kingdom .
He was the first chairman of the British Association for Applied Linguistics , 1967-70 .

His lasting reputation rests principally on the theory of literary criticism that he developed in " Anatomy of Criticism " ( 1957 ) , one of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century .
His most famous book is " The Anatomy of Criticism " ( 1957 ) .

A provisional government , also called an interim government or transitional government , is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the previous governing administration .

A provisional government is a government set up in an emergency when a political void has been created by the collapse of a government .

