Transform the following compound sentence to a simple sentence: Not only did his family congratulate him but his friends did too.
A
His friends and family congratulated him.
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B
His family congratulated him and his friends congratulated him.
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C
His family congratulated him before his friends congratulated him.
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D
His friends congratulated him after his family congratulated him.
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Solution
The correct option is A His friends and family congratulated him. 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 broken into a simple sentence since action taken is the same in the sentence.
Options B is incorrect as action taken is mentioned separately. Options C and D are not simple sentences 'after' and 'before' are used. Thus, option A is the correct answer according to the rules.