5 Gerunds Used in the Negative Adjective ‘No’
= 69.39
6 Gerunds Used after Possessive
= 16.33
From the data above, it can be identified which level of gerund considered as dominant and which ones considered less dominant; the order is:
1 Gerunds Used in the Negative Adjective ‘No’ = 69.39
2 Gerunds as Subjects
= 46.71 3
Gerunds as Subjective Complements = 32.82
4 Gerunds as Direct Objects
= 31.29 5
Gerunds as Objects of Prepositions = 26.53
6 Gerunds Used after Possessive
= 16.33
4.2 Nonstatistical Analysis
The nonstatistical analysis was done by interpreting of the statistical one. The main purpose of doing nonstatistical analysis was to trace the sources or causes of the
dominant errors based on the data presented above, namely the real errors made by the respondents.
4.2.1 Gerunds Used in the Negative Adjective ‘No’
Gerund used in the negative adjective ‘No’ is the most common error on the use of gerund made by the students of the fourth semester of the English Department
of UNNES. The percentage of error of this level is 69.39 . According to the analysis, there are three respondents whose percentage of errors in using grammar in
the negative adjective ‘No’ is 100. It is an extreme number if it is compared to 10 respondents who did not make any errors, or in other words, they have 0 percentage
of error in using gerund in the negative adjective ‘No’. Analysis can be done from two points of view: from the respondents
themselves and the theory about gerund related to gerunds used in the negative adjective ‘No’. In fact, based on the writer’s observation, the respondents’ marks of
English Grammar 1 in the second semester affect their achievement in doing the test at the level of gerund.
The first respondent S-04 who made 100 of error in using gerund in the negative adjective ‘No’ just did 1 number from 3 numbers that were available. She
avoided using gerund to construct sentences, but the answer was incorrect. The second one S-33 was the same as the first one, but he finished all of three questions
although the answers were incorrect. The third one S-40 was the same as the second one. Surprisingly, all of those respondents S-04, S-33, and S-40 got bad marks in
English Grammar 1. The errors were caused by false concepts hypothesized that were due to poor graduation of teaching items.
Based on the theory, the negative adjective no is used as the adverb of not with certain types of gerundive phrases, that are after there + a form of be and
prohibition against certain activities. The writer assumes that they failed to understand the theory about gerund that they had gotten. The detailed theory about
gerund has been mentioned in Chapter 2.
4.2.2 Gerunds as Subject
