Related to the sample above, the students put the verb+ing in the wrong order. Although, it is preceded by possesive but the sentence
structure is not correct and the verb+ing must not appear there. I think this error occur because the students do not know how to use gerund after
possesive.
Original Sentence Reconstruction
68.
Shopping becomes one of the citizen’s lifestyle,
especially the women
coming from high class
Shopping becomes one of the citizen’s lifestyle, especially the
women come from high class
Related to the sample above, the students put the verb+ing in the wrong order. It is because
the verb+ing “coming” is not preceded by a possesive but by a subject pronoun. A subject must be followed by a verb
directly. I think this error occurs because the students do not know how to use gerund after possesive.
4.2.6. Kinds of Errors in Using Gerund Used in the Negative Adjective “NO”
The negative form of geru nds is made by placing adverb “not” infront of
gerund . There are 133 errors in using gerund used in the negative adjective “no”
made by the students. The errors consist of omission error, additional error, misinformation errror, and misordering error.
1. Omission Error
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Omission is an error of leaving out an item that is required for an utterance to be considered grammatical. There are 36 errors of omitting items in gerund
used in the negative adjective “no” found in data.
a. Omission of “ing”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
69. There is no assume that
they win the game.
70. No cheat is allowed in this
biology test.
There is no assuming that they win the game.
No cheating is allowed in this biology test.
Related to the samples above, the students made error because they omitted the “ing” of the verb after “no”. The verb+ing form must
appear because the verb after negative adjective “no” is followed by gerund. This error might occurs because the students do not understand
the use of this kind of gerund.
2. Addition Error
Addition error is the presence of an item which must not appear in a well- formed utterance. There are 31 addition error of gerund used in the negative
adjective “no” made by the students. a.
Addition of “s”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
71. There is no complains the
wrong explanation of the teacher.
There is no complaining the wrong explanation of the teacher.
Related to the sample above, the students made error because they added suffix “s” to the verb that is preceded by adverb “not”.
“Complains” must be “complaining” because verb preceded by adverb
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“not” must be in gerund form. I think this error occurs because the sudent
s do not understand the use of gerund after adverb “no”. b.
Addition of Article “an”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
72. There is no an assume that
they win the game. There is no assuming that they win
the game.
Related to the sample above, the students made error because they added
article “an” infront of the verb. An article only can be used infront of a noun. The use of “assume” is not in correct form because the verb
after adverb “not” must be in gerund form. This error might occur because the students think
that “assume” is a noun form. It means that they do not understand the use of gerund used in the negative adjective
“no”.
3. Misinformation Error
Misinformation error is characterized by the use of the wrong form of the morphemes or structure. There are 66 misinformation errors in using gerund
us ed in the negative adjective “no” made by the students.
a. Misinformation of Verb+ing
Original Sentence Reconstruction
73.
No fish in this lake The officer announces.
No fishing in this lake The officer announces.
Related to the samples above, the use of “fish” after adverb “not” is not in the correct for
m. “Fish” is not noun form in the original sentence, but a verb. The verb
“fish” after adverb “not” must be in
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gerund form “fishing”. I think this error occurs because of the students’
inability using gerund us ed in the negative adjective “no”.
Original Sentence Reconstruction
74. There is no assumtion that
they win the game. There is no assuming that they win
the game.
Related to the sample, the error occurs because the students used the wrong verb+ing form. T
he students used “assumtion” instead of “assuming”. It is because they think that “assumtion” is the noun form of
“assume”. The position of “assume” that is after adverb “not” make “assume” become verbal noun by adding the suffix “ing”. It is as a prove
that the students do not understand the use of gerund well.
4.3. Classification of Error
