Having arrived
Hey. Here's a part of a script I'm working on. Is it acceptable to write having arrived or is it an odd way to write the sentence?
INT. CAB - MORNING
Pete gets into the cab.
Cab driver: Where do you want to go?
Pete: The airport, please.
They drive off.
LATER
EXT. AIRPORT - MORNING
Having arrived, Pete and the cab driver get out of the cab.
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Hey. Here's a part of a script I'm working on. Is it acceptable to write having arrived or is it an odd way to write the sentence?
- Hey.
- Here's a part of a script I'm working on.
- Is it acceptable to write having arrived or is it an odd way to write the sentence?
- See my comment below.
- INT.
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Hey. Here's a part of a script I'm working on. Is it acceptable to write having arrived or is it an odd way to write the sentence? See my comment below.
INT. CAB - MORNING
Pete gets into the cab.
Cab driver: Where do you want to go? Where to?
Pete: The airport, please.
They drive off.
LATER
0anonymousHaving arrived, Pete and the cab driver get out of the cab.
This sounds like the reason they got out of the cab was that they had arrived. That is not the reason. That is only a necessary condition. Pete got out so he could go into the airport, and the cabbie got out to help with his bags, I guess. An introductory participial phrase like that has t
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