Alone vs My - What's the difference?
alone | my |
By oneself, solitary.
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*(Bible), (w) ii. 18
*:It is not good that the man should be alone .
*(Samuel Taylor Coleridge) (1772-1834)
*:Alone on a wide, wide sea.
Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
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*(Richard Bentley) (1662-1742)
*:God, by whose alone power and conversation we all live, and move, and have our being.
Considered separately.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone , without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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Without equal.
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:(Shakespeare)
By one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
Without outside help.
Exclusively.
Belonging to me.
(dated) Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
As an adjective alone
is by oneself, solitary.As an adverb alone
is by one's self; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.As a determiner my is
belonging to me.As an interjection my is
used to express surprise, shock or amazement.As an abbreviation My is
megayear.alone
English
(wikipedia alone)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=In America alone , people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
Ian Traynor
Rise of Europe's new autocrats, passage=Hungary's leader is not alone in eastern and southern Europe, where democratically elected populist strongmen increasingly dominate, deploying the power of the state and a battery of instruments of intimidation to crush dissent, demonise opposition, tame the media and tailor the system to their ends.}}
Usage notes
* Used after what it modifies.Adverb
(-)Usage notes
* Unlike most focusing adverbs, alone typically appears after a noun phrase. *: Only the teacher knew'' vs. ''The teacher alone knewSynonyms
* (by oneself) lone, lonely, single, solitary, solo * (without outside help) singlehandedly, by myself * (exclusively)Derived terms
* alonely * leave alone * let aloneStatistics
*my
English
(wikipedia my)Etymology 1
From (etyl) my, apocopated form of min, myn, from (etyl) . More at (l).Determiner
- Don't you know my name?
- I recognised him because he had attended my school.
Derived terms
(terms derived using my) * my arse * my ass * my bad * my eye * my fellow Americans * my foot * my God * my goodness * my gosh * my pleasure * my son * my way or the highway * my wordSee also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
An abbreviation of an oath such as my word'' or ''my lordInterjection
(en interjection)- My , what big teeth you have!