GRAMMATICAL ERRORSFOUND IN STUDENT OF
ENGLISHDEPARTMENT’S ESSAY
ATHESIS
BY
SELVIEAGUSTINA
PUTRIREG. NO.100705085
DEPARTMENTOFENGLISH
FACULTYOFCULTURALSTUDIES
UNIVERSITY OFSUMATERA UTARA
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
ApprovedbytheDepartmentofEnglish,FacultyofCulturalStudiesUniversity of Sumatera Utara (USU) MedanasthesisfortheSarjanaSastra Examination
Head, Secretary,
Dr.H.Muhizar Muchtar,MS Rahmadsyah Rangkuty, MA.Ph.D
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.
ii Alsospecialthanktomylovelybrother,ApenielSentosaWaruwu,forgiving
meabeautifulmomentsandsupporttofinishthisthesis.Lastbutnotleast,many
thanksformyfriendsofbatch2010inEnglishDepartmentwhohadbeenbeing with
meinfiveyearsmy lifeincampus,sorryIcannotmentionyournames.Seeyouin betterlife.
Fighting!
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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.
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
