In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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Question: The London , Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LBSCR was a railway company in England from 1846 to 1922 .

Answer: The London , Brighton and South Coast Railway ( LB & SCR ; known also as " the Brighton line " , " the Brighton Railway " or " the Brighton " ) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922 .


Question: To the south in the Saar-Palatinate region , Lt. Gen. George S. Patton 's 3rd Army had beaten the German 7th Army and the German 1st Army .

Answer: To the south in the Saar-Palatinate region , Lieutenant General George S. Patton 's U.S. 3rd Army had dealt a devastating blow to the German 7th Army and , in conjunction with the U.S. 7th Army , had nearly destroyed the German 1st Army .


Question: A running gag is an humorous joke or reference that is used several times in a work or series of works .

Answer:
A running gag , or running joke , is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling .


