The examples above show that the errors are included in the syntactical analysis. They influence the construction of the verb phrase. The errors can be seen in
the omission of lexical verb and the auxiliaries. The omission of lexical verb wipes out the main element in the verb phrase construction. Moreover, the omission of
auxiliaries wipes out the supporting element in the verb phrase. The previous analysis also discusses the errors on verbs in simple present
tense. They analyze the word formation of the verbs that indicates a particular tense. However, this discussion analyzes the omission of verbs that violates the principle of
American English. There are two types of verbs that are omitted. The first type is the omission of the auxiliaries that have a function as a supporting verb of the main verb.
The second type is the omission of the main verb that loses the main element in the verb phrase.
i. Use of Progressive Tense
Quirk et al state that progressive tense is a tense to indicate an action which is in progress 1974:92. The tense aims to stress the activity that is going on. In this
case, the errors are found in two songs. They are explained on the table as follows:
Table 12. Grammatical Error in Use of Progressive Tense Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English Feeling My Self Now everybody
tripping likes they popping molly
Omission Now everybody is
tripping likes they are popping molly
Songs Grammatical
Errors Grammatical
Processes American English
I Like to Move It
Speaker blasting Omission
Speaker is blasting
Based on surface strategy taxonomy, the errors are caused by omission. Both examples show that they get the omission of auxiliary to be. To be has an influence in
the formation of progressive tense. It functions as a linking verb between the subject and the main verb in the progressive tense. To be should follow the tense to know
whether it is in the present or past form. Moreover, to be accustoms its form based on the following subject, for instance, if it is followed by third person singular, the
sentence should employ is or was as a form of to be in the sentence.
Based on the context in Feeling My Self, the tense is included in the present
progressive. It aims to show that the agent is dancing and having a party at the time. Moreover, the sentence provides the time indication of progressive tense. It is
expressed by the adverbial of time now. In the main clause, to be is added into is because it is followed by the subject of third person singular. However, in the
subordinate clause, to be is added into are because it is followed by a subject of third person plural which is they.
The tense in I Like to Move It is also included in the present progressive.
Based on the context, the sentence aims to show that the instrument which is speaker is playing the music loudly at the moment. To be is added into is because speaker
refers to the singular object. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
The data above shows that the errors are included in the syntactical analysis. The errors influence the construction of progressive tense. They can be seen through
the omission of auxiliary to be. The omission of auxiliary to be wipes out the supporting verb in the progressive tense.
The characteristic in this category is the discussion of the errors in the progressive case. The errors are caused by the omission of auxiliary to be. To be is
one of the important elements in the progressive case. The existence of auxiliary to be in the progressive tense is to denote the time indication of the action.
ii. Agreement of Subject and Verb
The agreement of subject and verb is the conformation of construction of subject and predicate based on the Standard English principle. Based on the analysis,
the errors are found in one song. The errors are described on the table as follows:
Table 13. Grammatical Error in Agreement of Subject and Verb Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English Feeling My
Self
I be everywhere Regularization
I am everywhere
Feeling My Self
c ause I’m a get it
all Simple addition
cause I get it all PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Based on surface strategy taxonomy, the errors are caused by two factors. The first factor is regularization. It can be seen through a sentence as I be everywhere.
There is an error of using regular and irregular verbs. It is incorrect because the auxiliary maintains its form as be. The auxiliary be is not included in the regular
verbs. Meanwhile, be is categorized in the irregular verbs. It means that the form be provides the various form in their base vowel Quirk et al, 1974: 110. Based on the
context, the tense is categorized in the present because the lyric shows the fact that the person is popular. Be changes into am because it is followed by the first person
singular. The second factor that contributes to the error is simple addition. It can be
seen on the example cause I‟m a get it all. The addition of auxiliary to be and the
article a create the error. There is a disagreement of subject and verb structure. In American English, verbs can not be preceded by articles. There is a presence of
article a before the verb get. The sentence construction that presents a lexical verb does not need the auxiliary to be. Thus, based on American English, the sentence
must be cause I get it all. The examples above show that the errors are included in the syntactical
analysis. The errors influence the sentence construction in the verb phrase. They can be seen through the process of regularization and the addition. In American English,
maintaining the form be changes the grammatical pattern of the verb phrase. Furthermore, the addition of auxiliary to be and article a change the grammatical
structure in the verb phrase that creates the error. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
The characteristic in this analysis lies on the discussion of the elements that change the basic construction of subject and verb. There are two cases of errors on
the data. In the first example, the sentence maintains the form of auxiliary be that violates the principle of American English. In the second example, the error occurs on
the auxiliary to be and the article that are placed before the lexical verb. The agreement in the American English is the article and the auxiliary to be are not placed
before the main verb. However, in the American English, there is an exception for some cases of sentences to place the auxiliary to be before the main verb.
c. Transformation
