He pulls up at a street corner where his friend waits, smoking a cigarette.
He spots his friend waiting at a street corner, smoking a cigarette, and pulls up.
Are the two sentences correct? How would you write it?
anonymous He pulls up at a street corner where his friend waits, smoking a cigarette. OK, but "is waiting" is better than "waits" anonymous He spots his friend waiting at a street corner, smoking a cigarette, and pulls up. OK.
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anonymousHe pulls up at a street corner where his friend waits, smoking a cigarette.
OK, but "is waiting" is better than "waits"
anonymousHe spots his friend waiting at a street corner, smoking a cigarette, and pulls up.
OK. I'd write it like this.
CJ