Hi. Will you please take a look at this and tell me if it's correct or if you would change something/anything?
She yelled at him and headed off, leaving him at the table alone. As she was gone, he remembered that they hadn't paid the bill yet, which he was now stuck with.
She yelled at him and headed off, leaving him at the table alone. When she was gone, he remembered that they hadn't yet paid the bill, which he was now stuck with.
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She yelled at him and headed off, leaving him at the table alone. When she was gone, he remembered that they hadn't yet paid the bill, which he was now stuck with.
Is "as" incorrect? Yes, in my opinion. "As' here sounds like 'because', which is not the intended meaning. You could say 'As she was going . . '.
And could I too say, "As soon as she was gone, he..."? Yes.