1.

The Types of Grammatical Errors

some grammatical errors which are divided into following categories. They are as
follows:
Tabel 3.
Grammatical Error which are Divided into Following Categories
No Types of
Grammatical Errors The Classification Example
1 Omission a. Omission of (-) He did not buy nice car
(Omission errors are Article (error)
characterized by the (-) He did not buy a new car
absence of an item (correct)
that must appear in (?) Did he buy new car? (error)
well formed (?) Did he buy a new car?
utterance) (correct)
b. Omission of –Be (-) Last night was beautiful
night (error)
(-) Last night was not beautiful
night (correct)
(?) Last night was beautiful
night(error)
(?) Was last night beautiful
night (correct)
c. Omission of (-) He did not to Jakarta (error)
Verb (-) He did not go to Jakarta
(correct)
(?) Did he to Jakarta (error)
(?) Did he go to Jakart (correct)
d. Omission of (-) Did not go to Singapura
Subject (error)
(-) My family did not go to
Singapura (correct)
(?) Did go to Singapura (error)
(?) Did my family go to
Singapura (correct)

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2 Addition a. Addition of (-) My mother did not
(Addition errors are ed/ied/d Ending checked my homework
characterized by the (error)
presence of an item (-) My mother did not
which must not ap- check my homework
pear in a well form- (correct)
ed utterance)
(?) Did my mother
checked my home-
work (error)
(?) Did my mother check
my homework
(correct)

b. Addition of Verb (-) The teacher did not

went write on the
blackboard (error)
(-) The teacher did not
write on the
blackboard
(correct)

(?) Did the teacher did not

wrote write on the
blackborad? (error)
(?) Did The teacher not
write on the
blackboard? (correct)

c. Addition of (-) They did not go to

Preposition grandmother house last
week (error)
(-) They did not go to
grandmother house in
last week (correct)
(?) Did we go to
grandmother house
last week (error)
(?) Did we go to
grandmother house in
last week (correct)

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3 Misformation a. Misformation of Verb (-) We did not built a fire
(Misformation camp (error)
errors are charac- (-) We did not build a fire
terized by the use of camp (correct)
the wrong form of (?) Did we built a fire
the morpheme or camp? (error)
structure) (?) Did we build a fire
camp (correct)
b. Misformation of Be (-) She were beautiful
(error)
(-) She was beautiful
(correct)
(?) Were she beautiful?
(error)
(?) Was she beautiful
(correct)
4 Misordering a. Misordering of (-) Was not Ratih busy
(Misodering errors Subject last night (error)
are characterized by (-) Ratih was not busy last
the incorrect- night (correct)
placement of a- (?) Ratih was busy last
morpheme or gro night (error)
ups of morphem-es (?) Was Ratih busy last
in an utterance) night (correct)
b. Misordering of Be (-) Was not last night be
autiful night (error)
(-) Last night was not
beautiful night
(correct)
(?) Last night was
beautiful night?
(error)
(?) Was last night
beautiful night?
(correct)
c. Misordering of Verb (-) He go did not to
Jakarta (error)
(-) He did not go to
Jakarta (correct)
(?) Did go he to Jakarta
(error)
(?) Did he go to Jakarta
(correct)

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