Is there a difference between "by myself" and "by my own" or both mean exactly the same?
How does, for instance, "I study English by myself" differ from "I study English by my own" in the meaning of "without anyone's help"? Or another example might be "I can do this by myself" and "I can do this by my own". Is it necessary to look for the difference between the two collocations at all?

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Generally, "by myself" is synonymous with "on my own".  So you can say either "I study English by myself" or "I study English on my own."  I googled, and found that some people use "by my own," but that sounds bad to me.  Let's see what other native speakers opine.

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I am an American Native English speaker.

We would use "on my own" or "by myself".  To say "I study by my own." is grammatically correct, but never used.  They all mean the same thing.

By my own is used with a noun at times.
Examples:
By my own effort, I made a good grade.
By my own recipe, I made the best cake.

These are still rarely heard (at least as far as in American English). I would stick to "on my own" and "by myself".

The English version of one of the songs in the musical Les Misérables is called "On my own".  =]

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Hi there! "By my own" should actually be "on my own", and they do mean the same, I would say, however it would be "I can do this on my own" as opposed to "I can do this by my own". :)

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