On my own / by myself

Own используется только с личными местоимения, а не с артиклем (нельзя употреблять `an own flat', an own computer’, и т.д.):

my / your / his / its / our / their

my own falt, your own house, her own computer

My own (что-то, что принадлежит только мне:

Например:

Do many young people in the USA have their own house?

He doesn’t want to share with anyone. He wants his own room.

Unfortunately the flat hasn’t got its own entrance.

It’s your own fault that you’ve no job.

Why do you want to take my car? Why can’t you use your own?

On my own и by myself оба означают alone.

On my/your/his/her/its/our/their own, by myself/yourself/himself/herself/itself

by ourselves/yourselves/themselves

Например:

Mary likes living on her own / by herself.

Did you come on your own / by yourself?

Fred was sitting on his own / by himself in his room.

Little children are not allowed to swim on their own / by themselves.

Exercises