Grammatical Errors found In Student Of English department’s Essay

GRAMMATICAL ERRORSFOUND IN STUDENT OF
ENGLISHDEPARTMENT’S ESSAY

ATHESIS

BY
SELVIEAGUSTINA
PUTRIREG. NO.100705085

DEPARTMENTOFENGLISH
FACULTYOFCULTURALSTUDIES
UNIVERSITY OFSUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN2015

GRAMMATICALERRORSFOUNDINSTUDENTOFENGLISH
DEPARTMENT’SESSAY

ATHESIS
BY
SELVIE AGUSTINAPUTRI
REGNO100705085


SUPERVISOR

CO– SUPERVISOR

Dr. RidwanHanafiah, SH. MA

Drs.

YulianusHarefa,M.Ed.TESOLNIP. 19560705 198903 1 002

NIP.

19610703 198601 1 001

SubmittedtoFacultyofCulturalStudiesofSumateraUtaraMedaninpartial
fulfillmentoftherequirements forthedegreeofSarjanaSastrafrom Departmentof
English

DEPARTMENT OFENGLISH

FACULTYOFCULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITYOFSUMATERAUTARA
MEDAN2015

ApprovedbytheDepartmentofEnglish,FacultyofCulturalStudiesUniversity of
Sumatera Utara (USU) MedanasthesisfortheSarjanaSastra Examination

Head,

Secretary,

Dr.H.Muhizar Muchtar,MS

Rahmadsyah Rangkuty, MA.Ph.D

NIP. 19541117 198003 1 002

NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002

Accepted bytheBoardofExaminers inpartialfulfillmentofrequirements for the

degree of Sarjana Sastra from the Department of English, Faculty of
CulturalStudies Universityof Sumatera Utara

The examination is held in the Faculty of Cultural Studies University of
Sumatera Utara onSaturday, July4, 2015

TheDeanof Facultyof CulturalStudies
Universityof Sumatera Utara

Dr. H. SyahronLubis, MA
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Boardof Examiners

Signature

Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar,MS
Rahmadsyah

Rangkuti,


SyahronLubis, MA
RidwanHanafiah, SH.MA

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MA.Ph.D………………

Dr.

H.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Firstofall,I

wouldlike


topraiseandgivethegreatesthonor

to

theHeavenly

FathertheAlmightyGodinthenameofJesusChristwhohasalwaysbeengiving
Hisblessing,guidanceandspirittofinishmy studyespecially incompletingthis thesis.
Inthisopportunity,IwouldliketoexpressmyhighappreciationtoDr.H.
SyahronLubis,MA,theDeanofFacultyofCulturalStudies,andDr.H.Muhizar

Muchtar,

MS, to theHead of English Department, and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA.
Ph.DastheSecretary

ofEnglishDepartment,whohavegivenmefacilitiesand

opportunitiesincompleting
MA,my


thisthesis..AndalsothanktoDr.RidwanHanafiah,SH.

supervisor,andDrs.YulianusHarefa,M.Ed.TESOL,my

thankyoufortheirtime,

co-supervisor,

thought,suggestionandsupportinordertoguidemein

writingthisthesis.Gratitudegoestoall my lecturerswhohavesharedtheirprecious thought
and valuableknowledge through myacademicyears.
My

lovely

thankstomybeloved,supportive,andgreatfamily,my

bestfather


FaridChilmi,my

lovely

adorablepowerfulmotherSellyFondaEllyanceGinting.Moreover,Ithanktomylovingbrot
hersandsister
KapitJakaSeptiantoandMariaAnastasyaandmy

FarisNdemmyKristantoPutra,
cousinJoiceChristinSitumorang

thelatefor their loving, caring, andkindness thatencouraged metofinish this thesis. God
blessyou all and Iwill alwaysloveyou forever more.
Thankyouso much to thosewhohas beengiving methejoy,laughter and
manyotherthings,SarahIsrailaBangun,MargarethaSitumorang,MestikaPasaribu.
Iloveyouguys, thankyou for everything wehavebeen through.

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Alsospecialthanktomylovelybrother,ApenielSentosaWaruwu,forgiving
meabeautifulmomentsandsupporttofinishthisthesis.Lastbutnotleast,many
thanksformyfriendsofbatch2010inEnglishDepartmentwhohadbeenbeing

with

meinfiveyearsmy lifeincampus,sorryIcannotmentionyournames.Seeyouin betterlife.
Fighting!

Medan, Juni2015
Writer,

SelvieAgustinaPutri

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ABSTRACT

This thesis dealtwith theanalysis ofgrammaticalerrorfound inStudents’ Essay.
objectivesofthestudy

weretofindoutthetypesofgrammaticalerror,themost
dominanttypeofgrammaticalerrorandtheimpactsofitforreaders.thisanalysis
wasconductedbyusingdescriptivequalitativemethod.objectofthisanalysiswas
thestudents’essay
ofenglishdepartmentwhichconsistsoftwenty
(20)essays.therewerenine(9)grammaticalerrors
whichbecamethefocus
in
this
analysis,namely:
subjectverbagreement,singularplural,toinfinitive,passivevoice,
forms of adjective,redundancy,preposition,parallelstructure,and misplacedword.The
findings showed that there were nine (9) types of grammatical error found in
Students’Essay,theywere:subjectverbagreement30items(28.84%),preposition
23 items (22.11%), passive voice 14 items (13.46%), singular plural 10 items
(9.61%), to infinitive9 items (8.65%), forms of adjective5 items (4.80%), redundancy
5items(4.80%),misplacedword5items(4.80%),andparallelstructure
3 items (2.88%).SubjectVerbAgreementwas proven tobethemostdominant
grammaticalerrorinthestudents’essay anditmadereadersconfusedtounderstand the
essays.


Keyword:grammaticalerror, essay

ABSTRAK

Penelitian iniberkaitan dengan analisaakangrammatical error akan Students’ Essay.
Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukanjenis-jenis kesalahan
penggunaankatadalamkalimat,grammatical erroryang paling mendominasi,dan
dampakbagipembacaketika merekamenemukangrammatical errorspadaStudents’
Essay.Skripsiinimenggunakanmetodedeskriptifkualitatif.Bahanuntukskripsi
ini
adalahStudents’EssaydariJurusanInggrissebanyak20essay.Adasembilan(9)
jenisgrammatical error yangmenjadifokus skripsi ini,yaitu:subjectverb agreement,
singularplural, toinfinitive,passivevoice, formsof adjective,redundancy, preposition,
parallelstructure,
danmisplaced
word.
Penemuan
menunjukkan
bahwa

ada9jenisgrammaticalerroryangditemukandiStudents’Essay,yaitu:
subjectverb
agreement30kalimat(28.84%),preposition23kalimat(22.11%),
passivevoice14
kalimat(13.46%), singular plural10 kalimat(9.61%), toinfinitive9 kalimat(8.65%),
formsofadjective5kalimat(4.80%),redundancy5kalimat(4.80%),misplaced
word5kalimat(4.80%),and
parallelstructure3
kalimat(2.88%).SubjectVerb
Agreementterbuktimenjadigrammatical erroryang paling dominanpadaStudents’
Essay
danhalinimembuatpembacakesulitanuntukmendapatkanmaknadariessay
tersebut.

Katakunci:kesalahan kata, karangan bebas

TABLE OFCONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AUTHOR DECLARATION
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION
ABSTRACT
ABSTRAK
TABLE OFCONTENTS.................................................................................

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CHAPTERI

INTRODUCTION..................................................................

1

1.1 Background of theStudy....................................................

1

1.2 Problemof theStudy ..........................................................

4

1.3 Objectivesof theStudy.....................................................

4

1.4 Scopeof theStudy.............................................................

5

1.5 Significanceof theStudy...................................................

5

CHAPTERII REVIEWOFLITERATURE...............................................

7

2.1 Definition of Linguistics.....................................................

7

2.2 SubfieldsofLinguistics.......................................................

8

2.3 Syntax................................................................................. 10
2.4 Grammar............................................................................ 11
2.4.1 SubjectVerb Agreement................................................. 12
2.4.2 SingularPlural................................................................. 15
2.4.3 To Infinitive....................................................................19

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2.4.4 PassiveVoice..................................................................

20

2.4.5FormsofAdjective..........................................................

20

2.4.6 Redundancy.....................................................................

22

2.4.7 Preposition......................................................................

22

2.4.8 ParalleismStructure........................................................

24

2.4.9 Missplaced Word............................................................

25

2.5 TheImpactsof Grammatical in Essay...............................

25

CHAPTER IIIMETHODOFRESEARCH...................................................

27

3.1 Research Method ................................................................ 27
3.2 Population and Simple.......................................................

28

3.3Location and Timeof Observation....................................

29

3.4 DataCollectingMethod.....................................................

29

3.5 DataAnalyzing Method.....................................................

30

CHAPTER IVANALYSISANDFINDING ..................................................

32

4.1 DataAnalysis.....................................................................

32

4.2 TypesofGrammaticalError..............................................

32

4.2.1 SubjectVerb Agreement.................................................

32

4.2.2 Singular Plural.................................................................

43

4.2.3 To Infinitive....................................................................

48

4.2.4 PassiveVoice..................................................................

52

4.2.5FormsofAdjective..........................................................

58

4.2.6 Redudancy ......................................................................

61

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4.2.7 Preposition......................................................................

63

4.2.8 ParallelStructure.............................................................

72

4.2.9 Misplaced Word..............................................................

74

4.3Finding...............................................................................

76

4.4 TheImpactof GrammaticalError......................................

79

CHAPTERV CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION..................................

80

5.1 Conclusion..........................................................................

80

5.2 Suggestion..........................................................................

81

REFERENCES.................................................................................................. 82
APPENDIX

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