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Collocation
According to the Oxford Advanced
Learner’s Dictionary (2003: 247), CHAPTER III
collocation is: (1) a combination of DISCUSSION
words in a language that happens very
often and more frequently than would 1. Types of Errors
happen by chance. (2) The fact of two or Based on linguistic categories,
more words often being used together, generally, there are two types of
in a way that happens more frequently errors found in the seventeen
than would happen by chance. On the proposals: morphological and
study page B3 of Oxford Advanced syntactic errors. Morphological
Learner’s Dictionary, collocation is errors involve the use of possessive
defined as the way in which particular case, basic verb, past participle,
words tend to occur or belong together. present participle, infinitive, adverb,
For example: Meals will be served adjective, verb and noun. Syntactic
outside on the terrace, weather errors fall into the categories of
permitting. Noun Phrase, Verb Phrase,
But not Transformations. Errors in Noun
Meals will be served outside on the Phrase are related to Determiners,
terrace, weather allowing. Number, Pronoun, Preposition;
Both these sentences seem to mean the errors in Verb Phrase involve the
same thing (‘they’ll bring us our meals verb be, tenses - present progressive,
outside if the weather is good enough.’): simple present, present perfect,
allow and permit have very similar simple past-; verb and verb
meanings. But in this combination only construction; and some
permitting is correct. It COLLOCATES transformations consisting of
negative transformation, and passive …who can’t found…
transformation. In addition, there are …who can find…
some syntactic errors, few in …it just you…
numbers, which are included under …it’s just you…
the category of Miscellaneous, …you have broke…
namely, Word Order, Fragment, …you have broken…
Addition of Subject, and …make some people laughing…
Conjunction. Besides, to show what …make some people
surface changes made, the errors are laugh…
classified based on Surface Strategy …i can’t egoist…
Taxonomy. All these error types are …I can’t be egoist...
summarized in the appendix …who proud my self…
presented in the Linguistic Category …who is proud of my self…
Taxonomy (table 1) and Linguistic …i can’t disapointed…
Category and Surface Strategy …I always wrong…
Taxonomy (table 2), which are …I just like…
subdivided into five sub-tables:-- …smiling…
…it hurt…
Morphological Errors …i ever do…
a. Basic Verb …it’s not hurt me…
There are 15 cases occurring in …i can’t angry…
the two Pesan Tersirat USU’s
statuses. Instead of using the
basic verb form, the page adds … may represents … may
the third singular inflection {-s} represent … will identifies …
and the past tense inflection {- will identify …will analyzes …
ed1} as seen in the following will analyze …may also happens
examples: … may also happen … will he
Error analyzed … will he analyze
Suggested correction Similarly, the present participle
inflection {–ing1} is added to the
basic verb form after the 31. Apostrophe
32. Spelling
infinitive to: Error Suggested 33. Collocational (Diction of Noun)
correction …to following… to 34. Auxilary (Basic Word)
35. Apostrophe
follow … to supporting… to 36. Auxilary (Basic Word)
support 37. Determiner
38. Collocational (Diction of Pronoun)
39. Preposition
40. Noun Phrase
1. Basic Verb 41. Subject of Clause
2. Spelling 42. Auxilary
3. Collocational 43. Basic Verb
4. Capitalisation 44. Word Order
5. Basic Comparative Degree (Word Form) 45. Determiner
6. Capitalisation 46. Basic Verb
7. Apostrophe (Punctuation) 47. Basic Verb
8. Collocational (Diction of Adj) 48. Spelling
9. Apostrophe 49. Determiner
10. Word Order 50. Spelling
11. Auxilary (Basic Word) Verb (Basic 51. Obscure
Verb) 52. Determiner
12. Conjunction (Add a word) 53. Diction
13. Basic Verb 54. Basic Verb
14. Conjunction 55. Pronoun
15. Spelling 56. Collocational
16. Auxilary (Basic Word) 57. Structure error
17. Conjunction 58. Determiner
18. Apostrophe 59. Capitalistion
19. Basic Verb 60. Basic verb
20. Basic Verb 61. Subject of clause
21. Collocational (Diction of Noun) 62. Preposition
22. Pronoun (Word form) 63. Determiner
23. Prepostion of Because of 64. Diction
24. Pronoun
25. Auxilary (Basic Word)
26. Collocational
27. Auxilary (Basic Word)
28. Repetition
29. Basic Verb
30. Collocational (Diction of Pronoun) (can
do it)
Case 2
1. Spelling
2. Capitalistion
3. Preposition
4. Diction
5. Infinitive
6. Basic verb
7. Diction
8. Collocational
9. Collocational