I. INTRODUCTION
1.1 The Background of the Study
Language is the most important thing in human life. By using language, people can communicate and interact with other people. There are many languages in
the world. As we all know, English is the international language. This language is very important as a means of communication with other languages in the world, so
the language should be under our control. By mastering the English language, everyone can master the knowledge in any field. To gets language skills, everyone
required to be able to master grammar properly. Mastery of grammar is good and right, it easier for someone to apply language skills in oral and written form. By itself
we have a broad view of our future events, nations, and countries. Grammar in English language is considered hard to master by the Indonesian
people because it contains many items. One of the items is Conjunctions. In “Modern English, A Practical Reference Guide” by Marcella Frank in 1972 said :
“Most conjunctions are historically derived from other parts of speech, particularly from prepositions. The conjunctions are members of a small class that have no
characteristic form. page 206 ”. English language dominates the exchange of news around the world, such as
news article in a magazine. For instance in Indonesia, Tempo magazine uses English. We can find that there are conjunctions used.
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Here the writer analyzes the use of conjunctions in the articles of Tempo magazine. Besides that, she wants to know how often the kinds of conjunctions are
used in the Tempo.
1.2 The Problem of the Study
The writer founds problem to know about the extent to which journalists from the magazine using the conjunctions in writings they produce and
also to know the conjunctions which are the most frequently used and most rarely used in the article. In addition, it also allows the students for using the use of
conjunctions in making an article.
1.3 The Scope of the Study
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