3.2.4 The Conjunction ‘Because’
Because is one of conjunctions of reasons, which is used to express or illustrate a reason of an event. The other words of conjunctions of reason are because of, since, as, and for.
There are five conjunctions of reason because in three articles of The Jakarta Post, and some of them will be mentioned below.
Examples:
Yahoo refrained from looking beyond March because the economic is so fragile.
The setback wasn’t as bad as it appeared because the loss stemmed from charger
taken to cover the diminishing value of Yahoo’s European operations and cutbacks that included layinoff 1,500 employees last month.
We will need to take this matter to the shareholders, because taking over PT CSD
would also mean taking over it debts.
3.2.5 The Conjunction ‘Before’
Before is one of conjunctions of situation which is used to express or illustrate the situation of an event. There are two conjunctions of situation before found in two articles of The
Jakarta Post.
Examples:
Regarding Indonesia’s Arun LNG project we still have not decided what to do with it
as we still have time before the contrast expires in December this year.
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We now expect a more prolonged down turn with any growth trend for global
economics unlikely to emerge before 2010.
3.2.6 The Conjunction ‘ After’
After is one of the conjunctions of situation which is used to express or illustrate the situation of an event. The other words of conjunctions of situation are until, before, since, as, as
long as, and as soon as. There are five conjunctions of situation after found in three articles of The Jakarta post.
Examples:
After an 18-months investigation, Egypt dropped in March a plan to impose a 40
percent antidumping tax on Indonesia tires.
In an expressions of investors’ relief, Yahoo’s dropping shares picked up more than 5 percent after the results were released Thursday.
After substracting the company’s advertising commissions, Yahoo’s revenue totaled
1.37 billion, matching analysts estimates.
Yahoo shares gained 60 cents, 5.3 percents, in extended trading, after finishing the regular session at 11.34.
After the transactions is completed, Antam will fund and manage Cibaliung with
immediate effect.
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3.3 The Most Dominant Conjunctions Used In Ten Articles of The Jakarta Post To get the percentage of the conjunctions used in all articles, I apply Junaidi and
Suwono’s formula 2004:40 as follows:
The formula:
X = The percentage of each conjunctions Y = The total number each conjunctions
N = The total number of conjunctions = 91
The percentage of conjunctions used in all articles are as the following: 1.
The percentage of conjunctions issued on Monday, June 9, 2008 with the title of RI’s tire export to Egypt may grow 15 are conjunction and 5,49, conjunction after 1,09,
while conjunction or, but, because and after are 0 2.
The percentage of conjunctions issued on Monday, June 9, 2008 with the title of Indonesia, India to finalize economic growth in august are conjunction and 9,89,
conjunction or 1,09, while conjunction but, because, before, and after are 0.
X = 100
x N
Y
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3. The percentage of conjunction issued on Thursday, January 29, 2009 with the title of
IBM quietly cut jobs are conjunction and 8,79, conjunction but 5,49, while conjunction or, because, before, and after are 0.
4. The percentage of conjunction issued on Thursday, January 29, 2009 with the title of
Yahoo suffer loss, tops analysist views are conjunction and 2,19, conjunction or 1,09, conjunction but 2,19, conjunction because 2,19, conjunction after 3,29, while
conjunction before is 0. 5.
The percentage of conjunction issued on Friday, January 30, 2009 with the title Tokyo electric to extend Alaska LNG are conjunction and 10,9, conjunction or 1,09,
conjunction because 2,19, conjunction before 1,09, while conjunction but and after are 0.
6. The percentage of conjunction issued on Friday, January 30, 2009 with the title of Antam
rushes for gold mines are conjunction and 7,69, conjunction but 1,09, while conjunction or, because, before, and after are 0.
7. The percentage of conjunction issued on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 with the title of
Lower economic growth necessitates domestic focus are conjunction and 5,49, conjunction or 1,09, conjunction but 1,09, conjunction before 1,09, while
conjunction because and after are 0. 8.
The percentage of conjunction issued on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 with the title of Antam to acquire full membership of PT CSD are conjunction and 6,59, conjunction or
1,09, conjunction because 1,09, conjunction after 1,09, while conjunction but and before are 0.
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9. The percentage of conjunction issued on Saturday, February 21, 2009 with the title
ASEAN citizens will get hotel discounts in indonesia are conjunction and 4,39, conjunction but 1,09, while conjunction or, because, before, and after are 0.
10. The percentage of conjunction issued on Saturday, February 21, 2009 with the title
Import duties varied to help real sector are conjunction and 6,59, conjunction or 1,09, conjunction but 1,09, while conjunction because, before, and after are 0.
Table 3. the percentage of conjunctions in ten articles
NO CONJUNCTIONS PERCENTAGE
1 AND 68,2
2 OR 6,6
3 BUT 12
4 BECAUSE 5,5
5 BEFORE 2,2
6 AFTER 5,5
Total 100 The table above shows the overall figures of used of conjunction that conjunction and
shows the highest use with the figure of 68,2. Conjunction but stand at figure 12 and conjunction or stand at 6,6 respectively. The figure of conjunction because and conjunction
after 5,5 and the lowest use of conjunction is conjunction before with the figure of 2,2.
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4. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
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