syntactical analysis. The error of choosing preposition can influence a purpose of the action to the object. The choice of preposition should consider the contextual
meaning on the verb to the noun.
b. Verb Phrase
The second language category is verb phrase. The data shows that the errors are classified into three types. The types overwhelm omission of verb, progressive
tense, and agreement of subject and verb. They are explained as follows:
i. Omission of Verb
Verb is a part of speech to express an action or a state Quirk et al, 1974: 36. It means that the verb can express a certain condition. In this case, the errors are
found in four songs. The data are described on the table as follows:
Table 11. Grammatical Error in Omission of Verb Songs
Grammatical Errors
Grammatical Processes
American English Feeling My
Self hundred bottles
on me Omission
hundred bottles are on me
I Like to Move It
And not because we bored
Omission And not because we are
bored
The Travelling
Song been around the
planet in the foreign land
Omission I have been around the
planet in the foreign land PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Songs Grammatical
Errors Grammatical
Processes American English
Yes We Can Yes we can to
opportunity and prosperity
Omission Yes we can main verb to
opportunity and prosperity
According to surface strategy taxonomy, the errors are caused by omission.
There are two aspects which are influenced by the omission. The first aspect lies on the error of auxiliaries. Auxiliaries are a helping verb to make up lexical verbs
Quirk et al, 1974: 65. The errors of auxiliaries are seen in Feeling My Self and I Like to Move It
. The data above shows their lyrics get the omission of auxiliaries to be. To be in hundred bottles on me has a function as a linking verb between subject
and the prepositional complement on me. The meaning of to be indicates the location that is addressed between the subject and the prepositional phrase on me. In this
context, the sentence becomes hundred bottles are on me instead of hundred bottles were on me because the lyric tells about the habitual condition of the agent that he or
she often enjoys to drink. To be in we bored has a function as a linking verb between subject and
predicate complement. It occurs in the passive form. The function of to be is to refer the adjective bored to the subject we. In this context, the sentence becomes and not
because we are bored. To be in the context is included in the present tense because it aims to show the fact condition that the agent enjoys the party.
In The Travelling Song, the error lies on the auxiliary have. The function of
auxiliary have is a helping verb of the main verb in the form of perfect tense. The tense is in the form of present perfect because based on the context the agent aims to
show his or her experiences of travelling to many places in the world. The form of auxiliary have is determined by the subject pronoun. Because it is determined by the
first personal pronoun I, the auxiliary have maintains its form as have. Moreover, the error lies on the example Yes we can to opportunity and
prosperity in Yes We Can. In this context, the sentence does not have a pause
between Yes we can and to opportunity and prosperity for indicating an expression statement between two forms of sentences. It aims to show one form of sentence that
gets an omission of lexical verb. The sentence construction on the last example is incorrect. The modal auxiliary can is not allowed to be directly followed by the
preposition. Modal is followed by bare infinitive verbs which mean that the verbs maintain the origin form. The sentence does not express the particular state or action
due to the omission of the main verb. There are several possibilities of verbs that can be related to the meaning of
the context. The verbs can be inserted by the verb look forward and get up. In the case Yes we can look forward to opportunity and prosperity, it aims to tell that people
can have expectations to get opportunity towards the rights and to make the country more prosperous. Moreover, in the case Yes we can get up to opportunity and
prosperity aims to tell that people can reach the condition of the country that can give more opportunity and prosperity for them.
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
