The man who has been standing under the tree/standing

[Vladv1]

1.The man who has been standing under the tree for the last 10 minuts is my pal.
2.The man standing under the tree for the last 10 minuts is my pal.
Is the second sentence a corrrect reduction of the first?

 

[5jj]

It's possible.

Note the spelling of minutEs.