a man approaching

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a man approaching

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Which are correct:

1) A man carefully approaching them was shot at.
2) A man carefully approaching was shot at.

3) A man approaching them was shot at.
4) A man approaching was shot at.

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Re: a man approaching

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All structurally possible, but not all idiomatic.
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