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The phrase "alone picked" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that was selected or chosen without assistance, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The flowers were alone picked from the garden, without any help from others."
Alternatives: "picked alone" or "selected by myself".
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They've already done the big ones – series two alone picked off A Scandal in Bohemia, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Final Problem – but there are plenty left to plunder.
Records from the city's Department of Parks and Recreation show that park rangers alone picked up 30 abandoned dogs in Prospect Park last year, more than they handled in all the other parks in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx combined.
Airport fever screening alone picked up 40 (83.3%) of 48 of all imported cases identified by the active surveillance system.
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A fair achievement for anyone, let alone pick 63 in the 2012 Rookie Draft.
Lights black out and return; another man stands alone, picking up the thread of the dance on the bare stage.
Similarly, romantically primed women volunteered for activities such as working in a shelter for the homeless, rather than spending an afternoon alone picking up rubbish in a park.
The United States, however, preferred to act alone, picking allied units in "coalitions of the willing" to go to war in Afghanistan.
It is dense with hurried young epicures and hedonists, in pairs or alone, picking up dinner on the run — chili-lime shrimp ($36.75/lb)., Italian tuna ($12.50/lb)., grilled vegetables ($14/lb).
Mr. Toure started most tunes alone, picking runs and trills that defied any steady beat, then cued the band: electric bass, congas, djembe (hand drum), calabash (played with sticks) and two singers with coordinated dance steps.
Yup, that's a student company winning a Fringe First for a production of an extant play – work that wouldn't even be considered for review any more, let alone pick up awards.
There is more fatuous wittering from McDonald's, which even has the nerve to attempt a tone of wronged outrage, saying that "in 2009 we spent over £2m on staff labour alone" picking up litter.
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