While I ..
While I was singing karaoke with my friend, he was watching TV by himself/alone.
How is better to say from a grammatical point of view: "he was watching TV by himself" or "he was watching TV alone"?

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While I ..
While I was singing karaoke with my friend, he was watching TV by himself/alone.
How is better to say from a grammatical point of view:  "he was watching TV by himself" or "he was watching TV alone"?

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maybe "on his own"

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Both are correct but in UK I would rather use the second version.

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I think they are both fine gramatically, but "by himself" is used more in every-day speech..

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