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Question
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
There was a bandh. The shops remained closed.
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Solution
Simple: The shops remained closed due to bandh.
Complex: Since there was a bandh, the shops remained closed.
Compound: There was a bandh and so the shops remained closed.
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