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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Live by yourself

0Instead of saying I have my own house or I have my own apartment, I have heard the words 'I live by myself'. 02br
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00I have heard these things from the people whose mother toungue is not English. 02br
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00I think it would incorrect to say 'he lives by himself' to convey you the message that the person got his own flat or house. 02br
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00Your thoughts, please. 0-
  

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0 By oneself means "alone", it doesn't imply that you own the place. 0-

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  • 0 By oneself means "alone", it doesn't imply that you own the place.
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0 By oneself means "alone", it doesn't imply that you own the place. 0-
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0 Quite so. 02br
00"I live by myself" means there's nobody else living with you on a regular basis. 0-
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0 I take "You live by yourself" as "You live alone without assistance from other people". 02br
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