A few questions...
Troy watches him head down the platform, sipping his coffee, soon gone in the stream of commuters on their way to catch a train.
1) Is it fine? Is it natural?
2) Troy watches him head down the platform - Troy watches him as he heads down the platform. Is there any difference in meaning between these two?
3) How would you punctuate it to make it clear that it's the guy heading down the platform who is sipping coffee and who is soon gone in the stream of commuters?
Thank you a lot
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anonymous Troy watches him head down the platform, sipping his coffee, soon gone in the stream of commuters on their way to catch a train. 1) Is it fine? Is it natural?
- anonymous Troy watches him head down the platform, sipping his coffee, soon gone in the stream of commuters on their way to catch a train.
- 1) Is it fine?
- Is it natural?
- 2) Troy watches him head down the platform - Troy watches him as he heads down the platform.
- Is there any difference in meaning between these two?
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anonymousTroy watches him head down the platform, sipping his coffee, soon gone in the stream of commuters on their way to catch a train.
1) Is it fine? Is it natural?
2) Troy watches him head down the platform - Troy watches him as he heads down the platform. Is there any difference in meaning between these two?
3) How would you punctuate it to make
0anonymous1) Is it fine? Is it natural?
"Sipping his coffee" seems to mean that he was doing so continuosly as he went down the platform. I find that a strange image, and I fear that the stream of commuters would make him spill it on himself. I suspect you meant "Troy watches him head down the platform, taking a sip from his coffee, soon gone in the stream o
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