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.
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.
