GRAMMATICAL ERROR IN FAMOUS ENGLISH POP SONGS BETWEEN 2010-2020 Meiyanti Nurchaerani1, Annisa Deliza2, Ervina Nasution3, Khoirunissa Wardi4 1,2,3,4 Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Esa Unggul University, West Jakarta Email: meiyanti.nurhaerani2esaunggul.ac.id Abstract This research entitled “Grammatical Error in Famous English Pop Songs Between 2010-2020”. This study aims to determine the grammatical errors in several pop songs between 2010-2020. This research confirms that singers don't really pay attention to their grammar when making a song. The thesis will examine appearance of grammatical mistakes in popular song lyrics in pop-music genre. The theoretical part will define examined music style, its characteristics and the structure of the lyrics. It will also define conventions existing in lyrics of the pop songs and rules for creating song lyrics with respect to linking lyrics and music. The practical part will focus on the form and content of particular song lyrics, subsequent analysis and possible correction of excerpted mistakes. There are ten songs to be analyzed in this research. The data is collected using qualitative method and furthermore is analyzed using descriptive method. The main theory used for this study are taken from Alexandra Fenetta (2016) which particularly concerns about grammatical errors in Will I Am songs. This study aims to determine the grammatical errors in several pop songs between 2010-2020. This research confirms that singers don't really pay attention to their grammar when making a song. Keywords: Language, pop song, grammatical error 101 INTRODUCTION intuitively know the grammar system of that Learning a language is the same with learning language that is, the rules of making meaning. its structure (Ma’mun, 2016). Groups of words Grammar is important because it is the have little or no meanings if they are not language that makes it possible for us to talk ordered in a way recognizable to the listener or about the language. Grammar names the types reader. Language can be studied further by of words and word groups that make up applying a scientific study of language which sentences not only in English but in any enables people to analyze language called language. As human beings, we can put linguistics. Linguistics is also called the sentences together and do grammar even as scientific study of language. The scope of children. Grammar is the structural foundation linguistics contains the study of morphology, of our ability to express ourselves. Students, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. In linguistics, who are native speakers of English already, the style of language varies. Style in a language know English grammar (Subasini & is a distinctive manner of expression, through Kokilavani, 2013). The grammatical errors is physical shape of the medium. In other words kind of important to be considered by the style in a language is an expression which is learners because it does not match with the distinctive from others. People have their own grammatical system of a language (Putri & style of language in delivering information to Dewanti, 2014). The English learners have to others. There are various styles of language be able to understand what the grammatical which are distinctive from one to another. For rules of English and how to apply them well, example, language style in play gives direct especially in writing. The grammatical errors reference to the world phenomenon. Otherwise, found in students’ text writing sometimes will language style in poetry gives a representation influence the meaning of the text. Roberts of world phenomenon through figurative (1962: 3) states that grammar is a set of rules language (Petra, 2018). The style of language for making sentences. Francis (1970: 8) states itself can be analyzed using linguistics. that grammar is an explanation of ways, which Despite the fact that language is used to are sometimes also called rules or laws, which communicate, it has other purposes. One of the use patterns of word order into sentences. language purposes is entertainment. By using According to Ostler (1987: 236) grammar is a language, people can transfer information, study of language rules that explains the which in this case is amusement or enjoyment. relationship between words, and the Song is an example of entertainment. Basically, relationship between these words is the correct song is a composition made up of lyrics and arrangement so that it gives meaning or music. Here, language has special role to be the meaning to anyone who uses the language. medium to convey the message or meaning Another opinion says grammar is the basic which lies on the lyric of a song. However, arrangement of words that are correct according sometimes song writers violate some language to the rules to express thoughts in speaking and rules in order to get the desired effect in their writing (Werner, 1985: 11, Werner and Nelson, song. Song writers make grammatical mistakes 1985: xiv). Another opinion says that grammar on purpose in their song lyrics. They have is the core rule that explains how a language freedom to alter or invert standard syntax or works (Emmit and Pallock 1992: 101), and depart from common diction or pronunciation Collerson (1994: 2) argues that grammar is a to produce desire effect on their song lyrics, certain way of selecting and arranging words known as poetic license. and other elements according to the principles / Grammar is the sound, structure, and meaning certain rules whenever we use a language, system of language. Grammar is defined as a whether in speaking or listening, in writing or systematic way accounting for a predicting an reading or just thinking. ideal speaker’s or hearer’s knowledge of the This research aims to analyze the grammatical language. This is done by a set of rules or errors and the possible effects found in pop principles that can be used to generate all well- songs between 2010-2020. The study will apply formed or grammatical utterances in the stylistics as the approach to describe the language (Nursalam, 2013). All languages have phenomena. The researcher is going to observe grammar, and each language has its own the style of the language used in several pop grammar. People who speak the same language songs between 2010-2020. Therefore, the are able to communicate because they 102 interpretation of certain errors will also be Type of error based on Richards (1971: 182- analyzed. 188) that there are many categories of grammatical errors. The examples are as LITERATURE REVIEW follows (Susanto & Widyaningsih, 2018): Grammatical error is a term used in prescriptive a) Errors in the Production of Verb Group grammar to describe an instance of faulty, The examples of the errors in production of unconventional, or controversial usage, such as verb group are “We are think ..., a misplaced modifier or an inappropriate verb He didn’t went..., We can brought him, and He tense. Also called a usage error. Compare is studied English.” grammatical error with correctness. b) Errors in Agreement between subject and Grammatical errors are usually distinguished Verb from (though sometimes confused with) factual The examples of errors in agreement between errors, logical fallacies, misspellings, subject and verb can be found in typographical errors, and faulty punctuation. sentences: “Anita love me very much and They Interestingly, many people tend to view usage has beautiful dressed.” errors primarily as gaffes or potential sources of c) Errors in the Use of Preposition embarrassment, not as impediments to effective The errors in the use of preposition can be seen communication. According to an ad for an in the phrases: “consists with, go in "amazing book" on usage, "Mistakes in English Poland, and book of Hardy.” can cause you embarrassment, hold you back d) Error in the Use of Article socially and on the job. It can make you look The examples of errors in the Use of Article are awkward and hide your true intellect." (Note “He was _ good boy, _ best boy in that in the second sentence the singular pronoun the class, and _ sun becomes red.” it has no clear referent. Many English teachers e) Errors in Pluralization would regard this as a grammatical error— The errors in pluralization are in the sentences specifically, a case of faulty pronoun “She bought some apple yesterday and reference.) Many seller have sold the goods.” To reduce the grammar error, knowladge about f) Errors in Pronoun English grammar is very needed. In this era, The examples of errors in the use of pronoun books about English grammar has been are “The man over there called he and I and She widespread as fundamentals of english books are very expensive.” grammar second adition and Basic English g) Errors in the Use Conjunction Grammar that created by Azhar. In these books, The errors in the use of conjunction can be there are many materials that will make the found in sentences “Rena, Dina, _ Tony go to learners in understanding English grammar. In market to buy some books and She is beautiful learning language, grammar has important role and she is cruel.” especially in speaking. Grammar is the regular Those errors above are just the examples of of important rules that direct the structure of grammatical errors based on Richard (1971: phrases, clauses and sentence, because it is a 182-188). Those errors are used as the system of the language. references in analyzing the writers’ data to Mistakes refer to something that is based on explain the grammatical errors in writing a final guess false or fail to use knowledge that have paper made by the English Departmen students been known or learned. In learning language, of State Institute of Islamic Studies (IAIN mastery of grammar is very needed because it Walisongo Semarang) gives knowladge for learner how to convey information clearly and how to use correct RESEARCH QUESTION sentence patterns.