I put my arm "round" her shoulders

It's BrE vs AmE. I can't remember which is which. I would use around. By the way, shouldn't it be the singular 'shoulder' since there's only one arm?

As an American, I should properly say 'around her shoulders", but in speech it's often reduced to 'round her shoulders'.

Unless you're doing the awkward partial hug,

SkrejUnless you're doing the awkward partial hug, the arm goes around both s

Whichshoudl I use, the plural or the singular?

Hah, well, okay, that was meant as a joke, but the "awkward partial hug", is when you go to hug somebody, but neither person really wants to hug or is uncertain if they want to hug.

So, instead of facing each other directly and putting an arm (or both arms) entirely around the person, you both sort of stand at 45 degree angles to each other, bump adjacent shoulders, and quickly sort of g

New2grammarWhich should I use, the plural or the singular?

The boy has his arm around her shoulders.

I see. Got it!!!

Thats an interesting observation, This has been happening to me with one of my friends and I really didnt notice that she turns her head away, but she does. Then again when you think about it, even a full flung hug does not incorporate people looking at each other during the actual hug. My suggestion is for you to keep working on it.