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Combine the following pair of sentences to form a simple sentence:
They did not have enough funds. They had to abandon the upcoming project.

A
Owing to lack of funds, they had to abandon the upcoming project.
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They did not have enough funds and they had to abandon the upcoming project.
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They had to abandon the upcoming project because they did not have enough funds.
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D
They did not have enough funds, therefore had to abandon the upcoming project.
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Solution

The correct option is A Owing to lack of funds, they had to abandon the upcoming project.
Compound sentence joins two or more independent clauses with a coordinator such as for, an, or, but or a semi-colon. The given sentence is an example of a compound sentence which can be converted into one simple sentence.
Options B, C, and D are not simple sentences. Option A is correct as 'comma' is rightly used to join two sentences.

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