My head was on another place vs My head were

The correct phrase is "my head was on another place." The verb "was" should agree with the singular subject "head." The use of "were" in the second phrase is incorrect as it is the plural form of the verb "to be."

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My head was on another place

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express that someone was distracted or not fully present mentally.

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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.

My head were

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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It's as if my head were full of clogged-up pipes.
It's as if my head were trapped in the pajamas of a sultan.
Bullets whizzing by my head were visual enough.
I was coming back and all the grass and stones in my head were very loud.
And yet, if my head were to win him a castle in spain, I think he would cut it off.
Madam, if I ever had such a thought, then I wish my head were cut off.
And I found out the images that I had in my head weren't like real life.
I realised my head and my heart were saying two different things.
I had it in my head you weren't in the business of harassing growers and sellers of herbal relief.
When I took off my head scarf there were a lot of reactions... shock, interest.
And I had it in my head that we were going to get married, have kids, the whole shebang.
My neck is a little stiff from holding my head back when you were shampooing my hair.
Those heads you saw in the chest were my heads, my brothers.
I heard all of you - your thoughts inside my head - as if they were my thoughts.
Were my head to fly from my shoulders I would not lie still!
There were a lot of heads, but none of those heads were my friends'... heads.
'Were my head to fly from my shoulders, I would not lie still! '
Every once in a while, I get this thing in the back of my head saying, what were you thinking?
One perhaps you would divine absent my words, were head not forever steeped in wine.
That number's engraved into my head forever.

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My head was on another place vs My head were