[General] Sentence construction

I was corrected by someone on this sentence.

Take you own time to complete the task. (The person said, the word "own" should not be used)

You should simply say "Take your time to complete the task"

Please advise!

The person is right. "own" should not be used in that sentence.

gabber said:

The person is right. "own" should not be used in that sentence.

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Thank you Gabber!

But I am curious if there is any rule\reason behind it or grammatically incorrect.

Your assistance would be much appreciated!

The idiom is "take your time." There is also "take your own sweet time" (a sarcastic way to imply that you are taking too long to do something).

There is also "Do it at your own pace."

But you can't mix and match and create "Take your own time."

Barb_D said:

The idiom is "take your time." There is also "take your own sweet time" (a sarcastic way to imply that you are taking too long to do something).

There is also "Do it at your own pace."

But you can't mix and match and create "Take your own time."

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Thank you very much for elaborating on this Barb!

"take your own time" is perfectly acceptable in BrEng. It has a slightly different meaning to "take your time". "Take your time" means to do something slowly or carefully without rushing; "take your own time" means to do something at a pace that suits you, ie do something "in your own time".

It's also not uncommon in AusE.
But I don't think there's any suggestion that you were about to take someone else's time to do it.

Yet again, I learn about a new way to use familiar words.

I can picture an American looking quizzical upon hearing this and thinking "And whose time would I be taking if not my own??"