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c. Misformation
Misformation could be happened when the students or the learners chose the wrong form of structure of morpheme and word.
For example : Learn
– Learning F – To Learn T Catch
– To Catch F – Catching T Bring
– To Bring F –Bringing F – Bring T
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In his book, Azar was classified error in grammar into fourteen parts, it consists of :
a. Singular – Plural
Internet has some advantage F Internet has some advantages T
b. Word Form
Poison is very danger F Poison is very dangerous T
c. Word Choice
He puts the credit card to wallet F He puts the credit card on wallet T
d. Verb Tense
He buys the novel yesterday F He bought the novel yesterday T
e. Add word
I want write an article F I want to write an letter T
f. Omit a Word
He sent to the letter F He sent the letter T
g. Word Order
I will go after my study finish F I will go after finishing my study T
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Jack C. Richards, Error Analysis : Perspective on Second Language Acquisition, England : Longman Group Ltd, 1974, p.172-174
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h. Incomplete Sentence
I am sleepy. Because I didn’t sleep this night F I am sleepy because I didn’t sleep this night T
i. Spelling
A cigarette is very dangeros for our health F A cigarette is very dangerous for our health T
j. Punctuation
What did she tell F What did she tell? T
k. Capitalization
I am writing a letter F I am writing a letter T
l. Article
I like a apple F I like an apple T
m. Meaning Not Clear
She told about her live F She told about her life T
n. Run On Sentence
He is writing an article, we didn’t want to disturb him F He is writing an article. We didn’t want to disturb him T
Based on statement above, the writer was focused on Richards ’ statement.
The writer was used these poin ts to analyze students’ error.
4. Sources of Error
The students often do error in their writing. It is caused by some sources. Brown gives an explanation of the sources of error more details
in his book. It consists of :
a. Interlingual Transfer
In early stages, the native language is the only previous linguistic system that the learner can draw upon; thus the inference is
inevitable.
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