Related to the sample, the students omitted the consonant letter “m” that must appear in that sentence. The error occurs because the
student gets interference in using double consonant letter to certain verbs if they get addition of
“ed” or “ing”. The final single consonant letter that stands after a short stressed vowel is doubled before adding ed or ing.
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b. Omission of “ing”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
42.
The effects of shopping are
feel so happy and free.
The effects of shopping are feeling so happy and free.
Related to the sample above, the students o mited “ing” for “feel”
that must appear. Based on the use, “feel” is a verb. After getting suffix –
ing , the function of feeling is not as an adjective but it is used as a noun.
This error might occurs because of the students’ lack of knowledge about
the use of gerund as subjective complement.
2. Addition error
Addition error is the presence of an item which must not appear in a well- formed utterance. There are 16 addition error of gerund as subjective
complement made by the students. a.
Addition of to infinitive
Original Sentence Reconstruction
43. The pleasure in shopping is
to get
the things for the first
The pleasure in shopping is getting the things for the first.
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Related to the samples above, the type of error is addition error. Although to infinitive can be used after “to be” to express several ideas,
but it is not proper in this sentence because the action of the sentence is in a general sense. It does not refer to one particular action. In addition,
the students also om ited the use of “ing” that must appear. These errors
might occur because of the inability of the students understanding the use of gerund and infinitive.
b. Additi
on of “s”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
44. His chief delight is swims
in the river. His chief delight is swimming in the
river.
Addition error is the error found in this sample, it happens because the students added consonant letter
“s” to the verb form that must not appear in that sentence. I personally think that they do not
understand the use of gerund as subjective complement and it might occurs because they focused on the third person singular so that they add
consonant letter “s” to the verb.
3. Misinformation Error
Misinformation error is characterized by the use of the wrong form of the morphemes or structure. There are 24 misinformation errors in using gerund
as subjective complement made by the students. a.
Misinformation of verb+ing
Original Sentence Reconstruction
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45. The effects of shopping are
feel
so happy and free
The effects of shopping are feeling so happy and free
Misinformation is the error in these samples because the students used the wrong verb+ing form. The students used the bare infinitive
instead of verb+ing. This error might occur because the students do not understand the use of gerund as subjective complement.
b. Misinformation of Past Irregular Verb
Original Sentence Reconstruction
46. Their difficulty is found
