A friend of mine My own house
On my own/by myself
A. A friend of mine/a friend
of Tom's etc.
We say 'a friend of
mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs' (not 'a friend of me/you/him' etc.)
* I'm going to a wedding on
Saturday. A friend of mine is getting married. (not 'a friends of me')
* We went on holiday with some
friends of ours. (not 'some friends of us')
* Michael had an argument with
a neighbour of his.
* It was a good idea of yours
to go swimming this afternoon.
In the same way we say 'a
friend of Tom's', 'a friend of my sister's' etc.:
* It was a good idea of Tom's
to go swimming.
* That woman over there is a
friend of my sister's.
B. My own .../your own ...
etc.
We use
my/your/his/her/its/our/their before own:
my own house your own car her
own room
You cannot say 'an own...'
('an own house', 'an own car' etc.)
My own.../your own... (etc.) =
something that is only mine/yours (etc.), not shared or borrowed:
* I don't want to share a room
with anybody. I want my own room.
* Vera and George would like
to have their own house. (not 'an own house')
* It's a pity that the flat
hasn't got its own entrance.
* It's my own fault that I've
got no money. I buy too many things I don't need.
* Why do you want to borrow my
car? Why can't you use your own?(= your own car)
You can also use ... own... to
say that you do something yourself instead of somebody else doing it for you.
For example:
* Brian usually cuts his own
hair. (= he cuts it himself; he doesn't go to the hairdresser)
* I'd like to have a garden so
that I could grow my own vegetables. (= grow them myself instead of buying
them from shops)
C. On my own by myself
On my own and by myself both
mean 'alone'. We say:
on my/your own
on his her/own
on its our/their own
by myself/yourself (singular)
by himself/herself/itself
by ourselves/yourselves
(plural)/themselves
* I like living on my own/by
myself.
* Did you go on holiday on
your own/by yourself?
* Jack was sitting on his
own/by himself in a corner of the cafe.
* Learner drivers are not
allowed to drive on their own/by themselves.
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