on its own

English translation: exclusively

12:19 Jul 22, 2008

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng

English term or phrase: on its own

DO NOT USE DEMINERALISED WATER ON ITS OWN.

This is about the description of an iron that can be filled with (demineralised) water. It is a steam iron.

But how should i understand the 'on its own' addition in this warning?

Max Nuijens KudoZ activity Questions: 89 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 749 Netherlands
Local time: 03:26

Selected answer:exclusively

Explanation:
I just bought a Braun Freestyle iron and the instructions say "This iron is designed for tap water....Never use distilled water exclusively."

it the middle it goes on to say you can use 50% distilled and 50% tap if the water is very hard.

Selected response from:

lindaellen (X)

Grading comment

thanks Linda - I guess it makes sense to have an iron that feeds on tap water; much cheaper and easier.
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

5 +1

exclusively

lindaellen (X)

without any other material

Liam Hamilton

5 -1

undilulted

John Alphonse (X)

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

12 mins confidence:

without any other material

Explanation:
I agree this is confusing! "on its own" clearly means - with nothing else added - but every steam iron I ever saw said to use ONLY demineralised / distilled water

Liam Hamilton
Bulgaria
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of:

English

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

exclusively

lindaellen (X)
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks Linda - I guess it makes sense to have an iron that feeds on tap water; much cheaper and easier.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

undilulted

Language variant: without mixing with tap water

Explanation:
On its own can also mean "alone" but here the proper vocabulary use in context seems to be "undiluted".

John Alphonse (X)
United States
Native speaker of: English

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