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Messier42 Posted 12 years ago
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It's very difficult to play it since it's first time playing golf In my life. the ball was glanced off frequently and it flew away in wrong direction. The ball was nowhere to be found
  

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messier42 It's very difficult to play it since it's first time playing golf In my life. the ball was glanced off frequently and it flew away in wrong direction. The ball was nowhere to be found My version: It was very difficult to play golf since it was the first time I had ever played it.

— CalifJim

  • messier42 It's very difficult to play it since it's first time playing golf In my life.
  • the ball was glanced off frequently and it flew away in wrong direction.
  • The ball was nowhere to be found My version: It was very difficult to play golf since it was the first time I had ever played it.
  • Either I missed the ball or it flew away in the wrong direction and was nowhere to be found.
  • ) The expression "the ball was glanced off" is understandable, but it's odd to use this passive construction for "the golf club glanced off the ball".
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messier42 It's very difficult to play it since it's first time playing golf In my life. the ball was glanced off frequently and it flew away in wrong direction. The ball was nowhere to be found
My version:

It was very difficult to play golf since it was the first time I had ever played it. Either I missed the ball or it flew away in the wrong directi
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Thank you. But my American friend said that they don't use "glance off" often. Instead of it, they use "bounce off" . Does "bounce off" have the same meaning?
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messier42my American friend said that they don't use "glance off" often.
That's true. We don't use it often. That's why I recommended that you not use it in your sentence.
messier42Instead of it, they use "bounce off" . Does "bounce off" have the same meaning?
More or less, but "glance off" and "bounce off" are a little di
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I hit the ball with the golf club at wrong angle so it flew away in wrong direction rather than flying to the direction where I intended.
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messier42I hit the ball with the golf club at the wrong angle so it flew away in wrong direction rather than flying to in the direction where I intended.
Ah. You didn't miss it then. I thought you missed it.
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Thank you very much!
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If you're a right-handed player and the ball flies off to the right, you have sliced it.

If it shoots off to the left, you have pulled it.
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Rover_KEIf you're a right-handed player and the ball flies off to the right, you have sliced it.If it shoots off to the left, you have pulled it.
Not being a golfer, I did not know this.
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The ball flies off to the right. Why did you use "off" there? Is there a difference between just fly and fly off?
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messier42 The ball flies off to the right. Why did you use "off" there? Is there a difference between just fly and fly off?
"off", means "away", ("away from the golfer" in this case). It sounds better there. It's more descriptive.

CJ
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