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: In early work , Rutherford discovered the concept of radioactive half-life, the radioactive element radon, and classified three types of radiations: alpha, beta and gamma radiation .

Example output: Rutherford discovered the radioactive half-life, the chemical element radon, and the three parts of radiation which he named Alpha, Beta, and Gamma .

Example explanation: The output sentence is a simplified version of the input sentence.
Q: 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 .
A:
He was the first chairman of the British Association for Applied Linguistics , 1967-70 .