An Analysis of Grammatical Errors In Writing Caption On Facebook

Abstract

This study discusses about Grammatical errors in writing caption on Facebook . The objectives of this study are : 1) to identity the kinds of grammatical errors in writing the caption on Facebook, 2) to describe the dominanttypes of grammatical errors in writing the caption on Facebook. The study was carried by using descriptive qualitative design. The source of data were taken from 30 post of Facebook users belongs to students of SMA Harapan Mekar Medan. The data were analyzed and classified according to the types of errors process by ( Meilia and Sulistyawati’s, 2001 ). The findings indicated that were four types of errors ( Omission, Addition, Misformation, and Misordering ) were found on the caption of Fcaebook out of five types with total frequency of each types were omission 7, addition 7, misformation 11, and misordering 8. There was one types of errors which was not there in the caption on Facebook that was Blends. So, the dominat types of errors is misformation ( 11 frequency) based based on the prequency.