Then, bomb squad detected around of White House with around + the White House
… and earthquake shook all of the things around the beach. near + the beach
In the two sentences above, the student put the wrong preposition around. In the first example the student should omit the preposition around. Therefore, the
appropriate combination will be detected around the White House . In the second sentence, the student cannot put the preposition around before the word beach.
The preposition around cannot collocate with the word beach. The appropriate preposition to be used here is the preposition near.
b. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition with
The sentences bellow showed that the students made collocational errors in using the preposition with:
Shanty told everything that had happened with her … happen + to
…they tried to contact with their family that… contact + their family
There were 3 sentences in which incorrect grammatical collocation in using the preposition with were found in the students’ writings. In the first example
above, the student put the preposition with after the word happen. The word happen
always collocates with the preposition to. Therefore, the correction of the combination in the first sentence is happen to instead of happen with. In the
second sentence, the student put the preposition with before the word contact. It PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
is wrong because they do not need any preposition after the word contact. The appropriate combination will be contact their family without the preposition with.
c. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition from and for
There are 2 students who produced some collocational errors in using these prepositions from and for as follows:
Shanty is a wife from a jobless man a wife + of + a jobless man
… he usually diverted his frustration for her wife diverted + to
In the first example above, the student put the wrong preposition from. The preposition from is usually used to indicate a place or origin. But, in this sentence
after the preposition from is a noun. Therefore, the appropriate preposition to be use in this sentence is the preposition of. The correction of the first sentence will
be a wife of a jobless man. In the second sentence, the student put the preposition for
after the word diverted. The word diverted always collocates with the preposition to. Therefore, the appropriate combination is diverted to.
d. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition about and until
There are 2 students who made incorrect grammatical collocation in using the preposition about and until. The sentences are:
…… George Bush ‘s policies having a war policy + about + V-ing
…. they just waited the tidal wave subsided PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
wait + until + noun phrase In the first example, the student did not put any preposition after the word
policies . He should put the preposition about. Therefore, the appropriate
combination is policies about having a war. In the second example the student did not put any preposition after the word waited. In fact, he should put the
preposition until after the word wait. Therefore, the appropriate combination will be waited until the tidal wave subsided.
2. Lexical Collocation
