to put a bracelet onto one's arm

[phiesta]

Can I say like this?

He is putting an expensive golden bracelet onto an arm of his mistress.

 

[estudiante2102]

You can say he put it "onto", but it's a little awkward.

Also, you probably want to say "THE arm", not 'an arm'.

It would be better to say:
He is putting an expensive golden bracelet ON the arm of his mistress.

~Elizabeth

 

[JamesM]

Can I say like this?

He is putting an expensive golden bracelet onto an arm of his mistress.

Unless there's a reason for the action to continue, I would just use the present. Here's my suggestion:

He fastens an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress.

 

[. 1]

To emphasise the gentleness or precision of the action I would recommend;
He is placing an expensive golden bracelet on the arm of his mistress.

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[phiesta]

Can it be?

He is placing an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress.

 

[Nullomore]

yes, "around" works just fine. in fact, i think it's better than "onto" because it completely avoids the possibility that he's just plopping the bracelet onto her wrist.

 

[JamesM]

Can it be?

He is placing an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress.

I like that. I think "on" or "around" are both fine. I prefer "wrist" because bracelets go around the wrist, not around the arm (the way an armband does.)

Why use "is placing" rather than "places"? Does this sentence lead to something that happens while he is placing the bracelet on her wrist?

 

[phiesta]

The point is that it's a part of a sentence. The whole is
Putting an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress, he promises to get married with her very soon.

 

[JamesM]

Oh, I see. That makes sense.

Just a little thing... "get married with her"... it should be "get married to her" or "marry her". I would prefer "marry her" in this case.

 

[. 1]

Can it be?

He is placing an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress.

Yes it can.
That is perfect.
I was trying to thing of 'around'. I knew it was there and I knew it was a simple word.
There is a gorgeous twist at the end with the rhyme of wrist of his mistress.

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[cj427]

Well, everyone else seems to like it, so I hesitate to disagree, but... I don't like "place around". I think "fasten", as suggested above, sounds better.

"Fastening an expensive golden bracelet around the wrist of his mistress, he promises to marry her soon."

 

[. 1]

Good catch cj but it is possible that the bracelet has no fastening. It could be a solid bracelet.

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