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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
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He bounced it back off his head

1i00 When a soccer ball was thrown at him, he bounced it back 01u00off 02u00his helmeted head.02i02br
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12blockquote 10 Tricky. I wouldn't change it. The ball bounced on his head, of course, but he bounced it off his head.

— CalifJim

  • 12blockquote 10 Tricky.
  • I wouldn't change it.
  • The ball bounced on his head, of course, but he bounced it off his head.
  • In the first case the ball more or less bounces on its own.
  • In the second case, "he" takes action to bounce the ball off his head.
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01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Can 11i10off12i10 be replaced by 11i10on12i10?12blockquote
10 Tricky. I wouldn't change it. The ball bounced on his head, of course, but he bounced it off his head. In the first case the ball more or less bounces on its own. In the second cas
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