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Antonis M. Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Put on in or against?

Example: He Put A Gun On/In/Against This Head Then Pulled The Trigger?

  

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this head is an unusual phrase here. Do you mean 'his head'? Of those choices, only 'against' works.

— Clive

  • this head is an unusual phrase here.
  • Do you mean 'his head'?
  • Of those choices, only 'against' works.
  • But natural and idiomatic English is 'He put a gun to his head .
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this head is an unusual phrase here. Do you mean 'his head'?

Of those choices, only 'against' works. But natural and idiomatic English is 'He put a gun to his head . . .'

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