Communication
be in a world of your own
be absorbed in your thoughts
If you are in a world of your own, you are so absorbed in your thoughts that you do not notice what is happening around you.
Hear it in real life
Did you hear what I said?
Sorry, I was in a world of my own.
Sorry I didn't answer; I was in a world of my own.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was on my own world.
Say: I was in a world of my own.
The fixed phrase uses “in”; “on my own world” is not used for being lost in thought.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be in a world of your own; be in a world of my own
Your turn: say it out loud
Sorry I didn't answer; I was in a world of my own.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be in a world of your own
be absorbed in your thoughts
“Sorry I didn't answer; I was in a world of my own.”
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