Teacher: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.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Because zero is neither positive nor negative , the term nonnegative is sometimes used to refer to a number that is either positive or zero , while nonpositive is used to refer to a number that is either negative or zero .
Student:
The number zero is neither positive nor negative .