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GRAMMATICAL ERRORSFOUND IN STUDENT OF

ENGLISHDEPARTMENT’S ESSAY

ATHESIS

BY

SELVIEAGUSTINA

PUTRIREG. NO.100705085

DEPARTMENTOFENGLISH

FACULTYOFCULTURALSTUDIES

UNIVERSITY OFSUMATERA UTARA

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GRAMMATICALERRORSFOUNDINSTUDENTOFENGLISH

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

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ApprovedbytheDepartmentofEnglish,FacultyofCulturalStudiesUniversity of Sumatera Utara (USU) MedanasthesisfortheSarjanaSastra Examination

Head, Secretary,

Dr.H.Muhizar Muchtar,MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuty, MA.Ph.D

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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

NIP. 19511013 197603 1 001

Boardof Examiners Signature

Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar,MS ………

Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, MA.Ph.D……… Dr. H.

SyahronLubis, MA ……… Dr.

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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 thisthesis..AndalsothanktoDr.RidwanHanafiah,SH.

MA,my supervisor,andDrs.YulianusHarefa,M.Ed.TESOL,my co-supervisor,

thankyoufortheirtime, 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 FarisNdemmyKristantoPutra,

KapitJakaSeptiantoandMariaAnastasyaandmy 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.

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ii Alsospecialthanktomylovelybrother,ApenielSentosaWaruwu,forgiving

meabeautifulmomentsandsupporttofinishthisthesis.Lastbutnotleast,many

thanksformyfriendsofbatch2010inEnglishDepartmentwhohadbeenbeing with

meinfiveyearsmy lifeincampus,sorryIcannotmentionyournames.Seeyouin betterlife.

Fighting!

Medan, Juni2015

Writer,

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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.

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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.

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TABLE OFCONTENTS... i

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

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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

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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

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