ask my mom for buying it mom to buy it
Related to the sample above, the students put the preposition “for” and verb+ing in the wrong order. “For” is always followed by a
noun and “to” always followed by a verb. Because of the action of the sentence refers to one particular action. It means that it must use to
infinitive. Besides, the “ing” of the verb “buy” must be eliminated. I
think the students produced this error because they are confused of the use of preposition
“for” and to infinitive.
4.2.5. Kinds of Errors in Using Gerund after Possesive
Gerund can be preceded by possessive adjective or noun in the possessive case such as my, his, her, and B
udi’s. Gerunds after possessive adjective refer to the person denoted by the possessive adjective or pronoun. There are 149 errors
in using gerund after possesive made by the students. The errors consist of omission error, additional error, misinformation errror, and misordering error.
1. Omission error
Omission is an error of leaving out an item that is required for an utterance to
be considered grammatical. There are 47 errors of omitting items in gerund after possesive found in data.
a. Omission of “ing”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
59. I resent their hit golf balls
down my hole.
60. She know that her parent
get
crazy because of her
shopping hobby I resent their hitting golf balls down
my hole. She know that her parents getting
crazy because of her shopping hobby.
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Related to the samples above, the student produced error because they
omitted the suffix “ing” that must appear in the verb after possesive. According to Thomson and Martinet 1969:164 in formal English the
possesive adjective is used with the gerund, but in spoken or less formal English, it is very comman to use the accusative personal pronoun. This
error might occur because of the inability of the students using gerund after possesive.
2. Addition Error
Addition error is the presence of an item which must not appear in a well- formed utterance. There are 31 addition error of gerund after possesive made
by the students. a.
Addition of “ed”
Original Sentence Reconstruction
61.
My parents are happy about my winned the
prize in the essay contest.
62. She was annoyed at your
interupted her.
My parents are happy about my winning
the prize in the essay contest.
She was annoyed at your interupting her.
Related to the samples above, the students produced error because they added suffix “ed”. Suffix “ed” is used for the past reguler verb and it
is not proper with the sentences that must be in verb+ing form. According to Thomson and Martinet 1969:164 in formal English the
possesive adjective is used with the gerund, but in spoken or less formal
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English, it is very comman to use the accusative personal pronoun. I think this error occurs because the students do not understand the use of
gerund after preposition. b.
Addition of Past Irregular Verb.
Original Sentence Reconstruction
63.
My parents are happy about my won the prize in the
essay contest.
64. Everybody was shocked
about Henrys left so suddenly.
My parents are happy about my winning
the prize in the essay contest.
Everybody was shocked about Henrys leaving
so suddenly.
Related to the samples above, the students added the verb after possesive into past irregular
verb form. “Won” and “left” are not proper and must not appear because verbs preceded by possesive must be in
verb+ing form. T his error might occur because of the students’ inability
in using gerund after possesive.
3. Misinformation Error
Misinformation error is characterized by the use of the wrong form of the morphemes or structure. There are 67 misinformation errors in using gerund
after possesive made by the students. a.
Misinformation of Verb+ing
Original Sentence Reconstruction
65. She was annoyed at your
interupt
her. She was annoyed at your
interupting
her.
Related to the samples above, the students produced error because they used the wrong form of verb+ing after possesive. The students used
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“interupt” instead of “interupting”. Thomson and Martinet 1969:164 states that in formal English the possesive adjective is used with the
gerund, but in spoken or less formal English, it is very comman to use the accusative personal pronoun. I think the students made this error
because of their lack of knowledge in using gerund after possesive. b.
Misinformartion of to infinitive
Original Sentence Reconstruction
66.
My friend Monic, asked me to accompany her to go
shopping My friend Monic, asked me to
accompany her going shopping.
Related on the samples above, the use of to infinitive is not in correct form. It is because verb “go” must be in gerund form after
possesive. In addition, the action of this sentence is in general sense. This error might occur because of the students’ lack of knowledge about the
use of infinitive and gerund as direct object.
4. Misordering Error
Misordering error is the incorrect placement of a morpheme or group of morphemes in an utterance. There are 4 misordering error in using gerund
after possesive. a.
Misordering of Verb+ing
Original Sentence Reconstruction
67. Shopping is the activities
that everyone’s doing.
Shopping is an activity done by every people.
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Related to the sample above, the students put the verb+ing in the wrong order. Although, it is preceded by possesive but the sentence
structure is not correct and the verb+ing must not appear there. I think this error occur because the students do not know how to use gerund after
possesive.
Original Sentence Reconstruction
68.
Shopping becomes one of the citizen’s lifestyle,
especially the women
coming from high class
Shopping becomes one of the citizen’s lifestyle, especially the
women come from high class
Related to the sample above, the students put the verb+ing in the wrong order. It is because
the verb+ing “coming” is not preceded by a possesive but by a subject pronoun. A subject must be followed by a verb
directly. I think this error occurs because the students do not know how to use gerund after possesive.
4.2.6. Kinds of Errors in Using Gerund Used in the Negative Adjective “NO”
