drop his head

[roseriver1012]

Horrified, I realized he was snoring loudly with his head dropped over the steering wheel.

For the underlined part, is it also right to say "...for/when his head dropped over the steering wheel"?
Thanks for help!

 

[bhaisahab]

That seems like a most unlikely situation to me, with or without your changes. Where did you find the original?

 

[Tdol]

For doesn't work for me and when changes the meaning- with means that his head was already slumped when you noticed. I'd use slumped instead of dropped.

 

[roseriver1012]

That seems like a most unlikely situation to me, with or without your changes. Where did you find the original?

An English exercise for grammar. Why does it seem an unlikely situation?

 

[5jj]

'... his head dropped over the steering wheel' is not very natural.