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Question

Convert the following compound sentence to simple sentence:
He ran away and thus escaped the punishment.

A
He ran away and escaped the punishment.
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He ran away in order to escape the punishment.
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He escaped the punishment and ran away
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No change
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Solution

The correct option is B He ran away in order to escape the punishment.
Compound sentences can be transformed into simple sentences by changing the first clause into an infinitive phrase. Here "thus escaped the punishment" is changed to "in ...punishment". Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not fit the description, hence incorrect.


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