Title: An Analysis of Gerund and To Infinitive in The Articles of The Jakarta Post
Abstract: ABSTRACT
Rahmawati. 2016.An Analysis of Gerund and To Infinitive in The Articles of The Jakarta Post.Thesis. English Education Department, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teachers Training. Advisors: (I) Dra.Hj. WardahHayati, MA, (II)RahmilaMurtiana, MA.
Keywords:Gerund, infinitive, kinds, sports articles.
This research analyzes the kinds of gerund and to-infinitive in the sports articles of the Jakarta Post. The problems that should be answered in this research are: what kinds of gerund and to infinitive are found in the articles of the Jakarta Post? Andwhat kinds of gerund and to infinitive the most frequently found in the articles of the Jakarta Post?
Based on the statement of theproblem above, this research is supposed to know the kinds of gerund and to infinitive are found in the articles of the Jakarta Post and to know kinds of gerund and infinitive the most frequently found in the articles of the Jakarta Post.
The subject of this research are the articles of the Jakarta Post,while the object of the research is the kinds gerund and to infinitive that are used in the articles of the Jakarta Post.
The data which have been collected are analyzed as follows: the writer read the sports articles anddescribed the use of gerund and infinitive, classifiesthe kinds of gerund and infinitive are found in this sports articles.
The result of the research denoted that there are 42kinds of gerund and 22 kinds ofinfinitivewhichare found in the sports articles. The kinds of gerund and infinitive that are found in the sports articles are 4 gerund and 3 infinitive. They are 7 gerund as subject, 10 gerund as anobject, 24 gerund after apreposition, 8 gerund after possessive adjective, 1infinitive as subject, 13 infinitive as anobject and 8 infinitive after theadjective. And the most frequently found of kinds of gerund and infinitive found are gerund after preposition 24and infinitive as object 13 in the sports articles of the Jakarta post.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-05
Language: en
Type: article
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