Please check this sentence

Status
Not open for further replies.
N

new2grammar

Senior Member
Joined
May 5, 2008
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Punjabi
Home Country
India
Current Location
India
Japan's goalkeeper dived towards right to punch the ball but ball passed by him on his left straight into the net
 
emsr2d2

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
new2grammar said:
Japan's goalkeeper dived towards right to punch the ball but ball passed by him on his left straight into the net
Click to expand...

Japan's goalkeeper dived to the right to punch the ball away, but the ball passed by him on/to his left, straight into the net!

My suggestion is above. I believe that in football, it's usually said that one "punches the ball away" though I'm sure there's a football expert out there who can confirm or deny this.

Note the use of commas (and a full stop) in my version.
 
A

Atchan

Key Member
Joined
Apr 30, 2010
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Somali
Home Country
Somalia
Current Location
Saudi Arabia
emsr2d2 said:
Japan's goalkeeper dived to the right to punch the ball away, but the ball passed by him on/to his left, straight into the net!.
Click to expand...
The ball passed him on/to his left. In this way we can understand it clearly. But "by him" its not good for me and it seems wrong.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top