Some students put wrong preposition in the three sentences above. In the first example, the students should use the preposition in instead of at. The
preposition at is usually used to indicate a place. The appropriate combination in the first example is in room. Te preposition at cannot collocate with the word
room . In the second example, the student should put the preposition on before the
word floor. The appropriate combination is on the 5
th
floor . The preposition at
cannot collocate with the word floor. In the last example, the student should use the preposition in instead of at. The appropriate combination in the third sentence
will be in the first acid box.
c. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition on
There were 2 students produced collocational errors in using the preposition on
. Some examples in the sentences are: ….. a minute before landing on London Airport.
at + airport And they stayed on Paradhiso Hotel, …
in + hotel In the two examples above the students put the wrong preposition on. In the
first example, the appropriate combination should be landing at the airport. The preposition on cannot collocate with the word airport. In the second example, the
student should put the preposition in instead of on. The preposition on cannot collocate with the word hotel. Therefore the appropriate combination is in
Paradhiso hotel. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
d. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition to
There were 6 sentences in which the wrong use of the preposition to found in the students’ composition. The examples of the sentences are:
Lusi thought that the aliens were jealous to her … jealous + of
The Garuda plane departured to London and … departure + from
He thanked to his family , friends, …. thank + his family
Then, it crashed the ground and … crash + to + the ground
In the first example above, the word jealous always collocate with the preposition of. Therefore, the combina tion jealous to is wrong. In the second
example, the word departure cannot collocate with the preposition to. The appropriate combination is departure from because departure means leaving a
place. In the third example, the word thank always followed by a noun without the preposition. Therefore, the appropriate combination is thank his family . In the last
example, the student should put the preposition to after the word crashed. The appropriate combination will be crashed to the ground.
a. Collocational Errors in Using the Preposition around
There were 2 students made collocational errors in using the preposition around
in the following sentences: PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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
