A man wearing a black hat is smiling on a street as other men and woman walk past .
The man is greeting the people as he is walking on by .
A man wearing a black hat is smiling on a street as other men and woman walk past.
The man is greeting the people as he is walking on by.
A man singled out as smiling can be clearly referred to as 'the' man; greeting is a likely thing for a smiling person to be doing, as smiling is a common component of greeting; men and women are people; since the other people 'walk past', nothing is stopping the man from also 'walking on by'.
A man singled out as smiling can be clearly referred to as 'the ' man ; greeting is a likely thing for a smiling person to be doing , as smiling is a common component of greeting ; men and women are people ; since the other people 'walk past ' , nothing is stopping the man from also 'walking on by ' .