Grammatical Errors in Writing English Text Made by Students at SMAN 1 Poso Pesisir Selatan

Sherliane Trisye Poai

Abstract

The objective of the research was to describe the grammatical errors were found in writing English Text Made by Tenth-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Poso Pesisir Selatan. The method of the research used a descriptive method. The findings of the research were grammatical errors on writing of SMA Negeri 1 Poso Pesisir Selatan, The kinds of grammatical errors are error in using verb form, word order, subject/verb agreement, pronoun, spelling, capitalization, preposition, article, and adverb. The highest error  is error of sentence fragment tenses (23,83%)

Keywords

Grammatical Error; English Text;

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.71127/2829-9426.398

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