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BE AWARE OF SIMPLE THINGS
A NSWER THESE Q UESTIO NS BA SED O N YO UR PERSO NA L EXPERIENC ES
1 . What are the differences between
Bahasa Indonesia and English? 2 .
Which one do you think is more complicated?
Now, read the following passage. Read it individually before you work with your group mates
11 MISTAKES IN WRITING
1. Grammatical Mistakes
Ø It is influenced by Bahasa Indonesia grammars.
Bahasa Indonesia EYD English Grammar
Diterangkan - Menerangkan Menerangkan - Diterangkan
Example : Sebuah buku berwarna merah. A red book
Ø In English, the word combinations are the following
adjectives + prepositions Example : the same as, different from, tired of, bored with, happy
about interested in, emphasized on.
UNIT 3
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2. Lack of Concord
Ø
It is found in sentences with Simple Present Tense. I You We They
+ like
She He It likes
Ø
Quantifiers Countable and Uncountable Nouns Countable Nouns
: Many, Every, Each, Several, The number of, a
few few, a great number of, both. Ex: Many beautiful flowers planted in my garden.
Uncountable Nouns : An amount of, a great amount of, a little of, much. Ex: Suzie needs much sugar for her tea.
Both : All, a lot of, any, lots of, no, plenty of, some.
Ex: I need some money to pay this book.
3. Wrong Choice of Words
Ø
Polysemous words. fire = 1.
Api noun 2.
Kebakaran noun 3.
Memecat verb 4.
Menembak verb
lilin = a.
Candle lilin bakar b.
Wax lilin mentah Ø
Homophonic words.
Peace – Piece Ø
Two-word verbs. Look
Look out Look for
Look after Awas
Mencari Menjaga
Show Show off
Show up Memamerkan
Muncul nampak
4. Improper Use of Conjunctions
Conjunctions: and, but, so, although, because. Improper
Proper I like playing tennis although there are
many other kinds of sports. So tennis is not an expensive sport, like golf.
I like playing tennis although there are many other kinds of sports. Tennis is
not an expensive sport like golf.
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Because I had something very important to do, so I was not able to
visit you. 1.
Because I had something very
important to do, I was not able to visit you.
2. I had something very important to
do, so I was not able to visit you. Although my parents are poor, but I
can continue my study to the university.
1.
Although my parents are poor, I
can continue my study to the university.
2.
My parents are poor, but I can
continue my study to the university.
5. Run-On and Comma Sentences
