'My own' vs 'On my own' - English In A Minute

‘On my own’ and ‘my own’ have different meanings - check that you know the difference after watching Sam’s explanation with this quiz.

Which is correct?
I wouldn’t like to live _____. I love having flatmates.
a) my own
b) on my own

[bbclearningenglish]

The correct answer is B. ‘On my own’ means the same as ‘alone’ or ‘by myself’, which are also correct alternatives in this sentence. ‘My own’ after a verb means that we do something to (or for) ourselves instead of somebody else doing it to (or for) us. For example: ‘I grow my own vegetables’.

[Kevinwisdom]

In order to improve my own English, I suffered a lot on my own. But after knowing BBC channel, I found I'm not alone 'cuz so many partners are studying along with me in this channel.

[pallavikumari]

This one is quite spiffing lesson 😁😁 n I really adore the way of yours to explaining each topic ❤️❤️ you're gonna doing a good job ..I really appreciate your hardwork n sweat and hope so you all are doing fine this days mostly on this pandemic 😺😺

[TheGudsProduction]

1. I am growing my own pak choi at the moment.

2. The master's Thesis is a bit difficult to conduct, but I believe I can do it on my own.

[nashwanalaezy]

Thanks so much teacher for your efforts from Yemen.

[xliu]

I am watching your inspiring video on my own. Thank you so much for the explanation! Wish you a splendid day! Much appreciated. ^_^

[meihe]

Thanks a lot. I have been on holiday on my own often.

[justenglish]

the difference was subtle so I have repeated the vedio several times
with exercises 👋👌✌️👍🙏👆

[glaucous]

I've been learning English on my own.

[abysswatchers]

Hi nice lady, is there any difference between on my own and by myself? Can i choose any of them in any context? Thx

[syeong]

I have a question, is it correct to say "by my own" ?

[nikanejhadabbasi]

Hi from Iran, what's the meaning of "quite a lot" ?!

[Mytimepassvlogs]

I am the first viewer of this video. 10 seconds after the appeared.

[tammytsang]

A long time ago, I cut my own hair and it was quite a disaster. In the treatment room, I prefer to be there on my own because it’s too boring for my husband to keep me company.😊

[yaoyaoxu]

I washed my own socks this morning and my mom told me that I need done everything on my own.

[roxkoll]

I disagree with your first explanation, my own means those vegetable and hair are mine, it's not related to the matter that I do that stuff on my own instead of someone else did for me. Am I wrong? Thanks

[Mytimepassvlogs]

This is is MY OWN comment. And I wrote it ON MY OWN and it was posted BY MYSELF.

[mohammadnaboore]

I am on my own business
my business is on my own
what is the difference?
thank you bbc

[danielespitia]

She said it was a quite a lot difference. But to my it sounds almost the same. 😂

[danielespitia]

I have cut my own hair in quarantine. I heard it's dangerous to go to a hairdresser at the moment.