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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

She clamped it over

She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears.

I don't know why the preposition is not on or in, but over?

Is that because headphones are different from normal earphones that you put it in your ears?
  

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moon7296 She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears. I don't know why the preposition is not on or in, but over? Is that because headphones are different from normal earphones that you put it in your ears?

— Non sequitur

  • moon7296 She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears.
  • I don't know why the preposition is not on or in, but over?
  • Is that because headphones are different from normal earphones that you put it in your ears?
  • Well, specifically in this sentence, the headphones were the kind that went over/on and not in.
  • Technically, you could use "on", but it wouldn't have the same (connotative) qualities as "over".
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moon7296She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears.

I don't know why the preposition is not on or in, but over?

Is that because headphones are different from normal earphones that you put it in your ears?

Well, specifically in this sentence, the headphones were the kind that went over/on and not in.

Technically, you cou
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Hi,

Big head phones like this can easily fit right over your ears.

http://www.bose.ca/controller?event=DTC_LINKS_TARGET_EVENT&DTCLinkID=748
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