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Interventizio Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

By Myself

Here's the context: "I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it BY MYSELF", meaning: "i've enough of the trouble I alone cause to myself". I made a Google search and the exact sentence ("I'm quite good at it by myself") doesn't bring up many results.
I thought of just saying "MYSELF" without the "BY", but I'm not sure it conveys the same meaning.
Can I maybe use the word "alone" in some way to reach that meaning? Or else, how would you say?
  

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I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it BY MYSELF. I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it MYSELF. Either one is OK.

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  • I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it BY MYSELF.
  • I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it MYSELF.
  • Either one is OK.
  • The meaning is the same.
  • " And this is extra emphasis that you are alone in the enterprise: I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it ALL BY MYSELF.
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I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it BY MYSELF.
I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it MYSELF.

Either one is OK. The meaning is the same.
I tend to favor the prepositional phrase "by myself."

And this is extra emphasis that you are alone in the enterprise:
I don't need you to get me into trouble, I'm quite good at it ALL
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Thank you so much. This is the confirmation I needed. Have a wonderful 2013!
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