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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.

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 .

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

Why? The output sentence is a simplified version of the input sentence.

New input: Merchet Also : -ett , -ete , -eit , -eat , -iett , -i ( e ) te , -iatte , mershet ( e , marchet , -eit , market was a fine paid on a marriage during the Middle Ages in England .
Solution:
A merchet was a fine paid on a marriage in the Middle Ages in England .