My head was in another place vs My head was on another place

The correct phrase is 'my head was in another place.' The preposition 'in' is used to indicate location or position, while 'on' is used to indicate contact with a surface. In this context, 'in' is the appropriate preposition to convey the idea that someone's thoughts or attention were focused elsewhere.

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My head was in another place

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express that someone's thoughts or attention were focused elsewhere, not in the current situation or conversation.

Examples:

I'm sorry, I missed what you said. My head was in another place.
During the meeting, his head was in another place, and he couldn't concentrate.
She seemed distracted, like her head was in another place.
Sometimes my head is in another place, and I forget what I was supposed to do.
I could tell by his expression that his head was in another place.

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My mind was in another place- my safe place, TVworld.
Seems immaterial now, but at the time, there were rumors she had looked at the camera awaiting direction or simply thought the camera was in another place altogether.
I was in another time, another place. I was somewhere in the past.
Like I was in another dimension.
Wish my head was filled with guacamole.
Maybe it was in another lifetime or something.
The truth is, I was in another relationship.
My friend from Erie was in another plane.
I was in another drunken, ribald, sticky country.
Our starting point at the Zimbabwe border felt like it was in another time zone.
I was in another room the whole time.
Our masters were, but that was in another country far from here.
I said it was in another universe.
And then I was in another dream.
I wanted to think and my legs walked by themselves and my head was empty.
The gunshot wound to my head was the result of an accident.
I thought my head was gone.
My head was full of useless knowledge.
Thank you, because my head was turned around...
The first punch and my head was spinning.

Alternatives:

my mind was elsewhere
my thoughts were elsewhere
my attention was elsewhere
my focus was elsewhere
my concentration was elsewhere

My head was on another place

This phrase is incorrect in English. The preposition 'on' is not used in this context to indicate the location of someone's thoughts or attention.

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Wish my head was filled with guacamole.
We figured he was on another drunk or something.
Took us three days to figure out Mom was on another boat.
This camera was on another floor.
And i was on another series for the past 87 episodes.
By the way, he said he was on another job.
And then I was on another date and it worked again, so I figured it would work all the time.
I wanted to think and my legs walked by themselves and my head was empty.
The gunshot wound to my head was the result of an accident.
I thought my head was gone.
My head was full of useless knowledge.
Thank you, because my head was turned around...
The first punch and my head was spinning.
My head was putty the next day.
So that voice in my head was the beginning.
My head was just spinning for a second.
I feel like my head was cracked, not the statue's.
My head was a free ticket out of here.
My head was clearing, a little.
All the wine - my head wasn't with me.

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My head was in another place vs My head was on another place