this is what i am asking about ; what does "you can't take him on your own" mean?
if we know the meaning of it, the reply on the situation would be clear and easy.
"You can't take him on his own" doesn't really make any sense. It suggests that you cannot "only take your cousin". Perhaps you have to take your cousin and a friend?! Very confusing.
The beginning of the sentence says "Your cousin offers to go with you to the doctor..." The assumption here is that you must visit the doctor, and your cousin has said "Shall I come with you?"
If the next part was "...but you can't take him on your own" it might make sense. That suggests that perhaps you are too weak to take your cousin, or that your cousin is a small or difficult child and it would be too difficult for you to control him/her on your own.
But in this context, I can't make any sense of "you can't take him on his own".
I really don't know where the word "his own " came from? ..my sentence has the phrase "your own"...then , what is the best reply on the situation?
Thanks a lot my dear friends , from our discussion I can include that in this situation when "my cousin offers to go with me to the doctor's, but I can't take him on my own" I say to him "Thank you, but I can't take you on my own." ........ Do you agree with me?
It would seem to mean that you don't have a car, or that he needs two people to accompany him. Perhaps he's having a violent psychotic attack and he's a lot bigger than you.Thanks a lot my dear friends , from our discussion I can include that in this situation when "my cousin offers to go with me to the doctor's, but I can't take him on my own" I say to him "Thank you, but I can't take you on my own." ........ Do you agree with me?
I can't take you on my own.
It may mean I can't be responsible for you.'Or
I am not ready to do that alone.
We are taught in Egypt that 'on...alone ' means alone.
It must be a bad translation from Arabic into English.
I'd like to discuss the tag question with "this" , For example
This is John,.......................?
(isn't he - isn't it)
which is the correct tag question and why?