2.2.1 Grammar
For most students whose native language is not English, grammar might be a problem for them in writing descriptive paragraph because grammar, as Bram
1995:54 notes enables students to become careful, dicipline, and responsibles writers. In addition, Fairbrain and Winch 1996:108 add that grammar is a set of
rules that helps the students construct sentence wihich make sense and are acceptable in English. In short, grammar is considered to be very important in writing because
the lack of grammar knowledge made the writing result difficult for the reader to undestand.
2.2.2 Vocabulary
Vocabulary is very important in supporting English skills, because ideas and feeling can be expressed through vocabulary or words. Bram 1995:48 states that
words are the basic tool for writing, because words carry meaning where the writers conveyed the message. Thus, vocabulary is very important to support the writing
skill. Then, the use of appropiate words in writing made the reader understand what
the writer expresses. Wingersky et al 1999:55 classify English vocabularies into eight; noun, verb, adverb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, article and adjective.
Noun is any word that names a person, place, or thing Wingersky et al, 1999:59. For example: Arum, office and flower. Verb is a word to express an action, such as
go, learn, eat and walk. Adverb modifies verb, adjective and other adverbs Hornby, 1995:18, such as well, happily, today, here etc. Preposition indicates a place,
direction or methode Hornby, 1995:911 such as in, from to on etc. Pronoun is used in placed of noun or noun phrase, for example: he, she, her, them, and so on.
Conjunction joins other words, clauses and sentences, such as a, an and the Hornby, 1995:57. Adjectives describes nouns or pronoun, such as many, clear and your
Wingersky et al, 1999:61
2.2.3 Mechanics
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