I agree that the adjective describes the smoke, but it’s misplaced and used as a malformed adverb. It probably would work with a comma: The smoke rose, pungent [in the otherwise clean morning air] and whispy. Or The smoke, pungent, rose…. Or The pungent smoke rose….
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I think the original is correct. Lori's aim is to describe the smoke, not its action, so she uses an adjective, not an adverb.
Another example: "When Arkie drank and smoked, he would arrive at work pungent each morning" :-)
Arkie
I agree that the adjective describes the smoke, but it’s misplaced and used as a malformed adverb. It probably would work with a comma: The smoke rose, pungent [in the otherwise clean morning air] and whispy. Or The smoke, pungent, rose…. Or The pungent smoke rose….
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