A study on-ing forms in English

Meydawati, Ayu (2013) A study on-ing forms in English. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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Abstract

This study discusses -ing form in English. It focuses on two problems namely, its kinds and its functions of -ing form in English sentence constructions. This research is descriptive in nature, which involves the following steps: collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data. The source of the data is Campus Magazine published by Pelita Harapan University. The population of this research is all of the sentences containing -ing forms within them. To obtain the sample, this research applies total sampling. So, all of the data are analyzed one by one. In term of its kinds, English -ing form may be gerund, present participle,noun, and adjective. Whether an -ing form is a gerund, a present participle, a noun, or an adjective, all is closely concerned with its relation to other words in a syntactical construction. Meanwhile, due to its functions, an -ing form may serve as subject, predicate, object, modifier, and complement. The data analysis shows that in terms of its kinds, gerund is the most common-ing form. Besides, due to its functions, gerund is more common serving as subject and object than noun. Meanwhile, present participle only may act as predicate. Then, gerund, present participle, noun and adjective may function as modifier. In this case, present participle is the most common -ing form. Next,gerund, present participle, noun, and adjective may fill the function as complement. Functioning as complement, adjective is the most common -ing form. However, the researcher does not find any gerund functioning as complement.Furthermore, present participle and adjective are relatively rare serving as complement in English-ing form. This study discusses -ing form in English. It focuses on two problems namely, its kinds and its functions of -ing form in English sentence constructions. This research is descriptive in nature, which involves the following steps: collecting, classifying, and analyzing the data. The source of the data is Campus Magazine published by Pelita Harapan University. The population of this research is all of the sentences containing -ing forms within them. To obtain the sample, this research applies total sampling. So, all of the data are analyzed one by one. In term of its kinds, English -ing form may be gerund, present participle,noun, and adjective. Whether an -ing form is a gerund, a present participle, a noun, or an adjective, all is closely concerned with its relation to other words in a syntactical construction. Meanwhile, due to its functions, an -ing form may serve as subject, predicate, object, modifier, and complement. The data analysis shows that in terms of its kinds, gerund is the most common-ing form. Besides, due to its functions, gerund is more common serving as subject and object than noun. Meanwhile, present participle only may act as predicate. Then, gerund, present participle, noun and adjective may function as modifier. In this case, present participle is the most common -ing form. Next,gerund, present participle, noun, and adjective may fill the function as complement. Functioning as complement, adjective is the most common -ing form. However, the researcher does not find any gerund functioning as complement.Furthermore, present participle and adjective are relatively rare serving as complement in English-ing form.

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