The Description of Tenses Used by the Journalists: Bloomberg and Harsh inThe Jakarta Post

ABSTRACT

This paper consists of Introduction, Review of Related Literature,
Description of Tenses, and Conclusion. The data for description are taken from
the Jakarta Post which was published on Saturday March 14, 2015 which was
written by the Journalists Bloomberg dealing with Rupiah Leads Fall in Asia
Forex Markets, and Harsh V. Pant dealing with India Challenges Old
Assumptions, now she is very eager to give a conclusion on it.
The data shown that Bloomberg wrote twenty-one sentences by applying
seven edifferent tenses. The tense are (1). Simple Past Tense 34 times (68%), (2).
Seimple Present Tense 8 times (16%), (3). Present Continuous Tense 3 times
(6%), (4). Future Tense 1 time (2%), (5). Present Perfect Tense 2 times (4%), (6).
Past Perfect Tense 1 time (2%), and (7). Past Future Tense 1 time (2%). Harsh V.
Pant in telling the news about India Challenes Ole Assumptions to the readers
there can be seen eight different tenses he used. The tenses he used are (1). Simple
Past Tense 41 times (45,6%), (2). Simple Present Tense 20 times (22,2%), (3).
Past Future Tense 2 times (2,2%), (4). Present Continuous Tense 9 times (10%),
(5). Present Continuous Tense 10 times (11,1%), (6). Past Perfect Tense 3 times
(3,3%), (7). Past Continuous Tense 4 times (14,5%), and (8). Future Tense 1 time
(1,1%).


ABSTRAK
Tulisan ini memuat Introduction, Review of Related Literature,
Description of Tenses, and Conclusion. Data sebagai bahan untuk membeerikan
suatu diskripsi tenses dalam bahasa Inggris diambil dari bahan tertulis, yaitu the
Jakarta Post yang diterbitkan pada hari Sabtu tanggal 14 bulan Maret tahun 2015.
Arftikel yang diambil adalah tulisan Bloomberg yang berkenaan dengan Rupiah
Leads Fall in Asia Forex Markets, and Harsh V. Pant dealing with India
Challenges Old Assumptions.
Data menunjukkan bahwa Bloomberg menulis dua puluh satu kalimat
dalam tujuh tenses yang berbeda. Tenses yabng digunakan adalah (1). Simple Past
Tense digunakan sebanyak 34 kali (68%), (2). Seimple Present Tense digunakan
sebanyak 8 kali (16%), (3). Present Continuous Tense digunakan sebanyak 3 kali
(6%), (4). Future Tense digunakan 1 kali (2%), (5). Present Perfect Tense
digunakan sebanyak 2 kali (4%), (6). Past Perfect Tense digunakan 1 kali (2%),
dan (7). Past Future Tense digunakan 1 kali (2%). Harsh V. Pant menulis
mengenai India Challenes Old Assumptions kepada para pembaca debgan
menggunakan delapan tenses yang berbeda. Adapun kedelapan tenses tersebut
adalah (1). Simple Past Tense digunakan sebanyak 41 kali (45,6%), (2). Simple
Present Tense digunakan sebanyak 20 kali (22,2%), (3). Past Future Tense
digunakan sebanyak 2 kali (2,2%), (4). Present Continuous Tense digunakan

sebanyak 9 kali (10%), (5). Present Continuous Tense digunakan sebanyak 10 kali
(11,1%), (6). Past Perfect Tense digunakan sebanyak 3 kali (3,3%), (7). Past
Continuous Tense digunakan sebanyak 4 kali (14,5%), and (8). Future Tense
digunakan 1 kali (1,1%).