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4.1.1.4. Pronoun
Pronouns are words that substitute person, place, or thing. In the
students writing, based from the 30 data, the researcher got 9 pronoun
errors in students’ writing. The results are presented below.
1) I have three room (student 3)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things. The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
three bedroom.’
2) Is size your house 60x3 (student 8)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2021) states that
my/your/his/her/its/our/there are pronoun using to satte belonging.
The pronoun ‘your’ in the sentence has no connection with the
previous sentence which discusses about ‘my house’. The pronoun
‘your’ in the sentence should be ‘my’. Therefore the correct sentence
is ‘size of my house is 60x3.’
3) I have two bedrooms (student 13)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things.The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
two bedrooms.’
4) I have three bedrooms (student 19)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things.The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
three bedrooms.’
5) My bedrooms five rooms (student 21)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that
my/your/his/her/its/our/there are pronoun using to satte belonging.
The pronoun ‘my’ is incorrect with the next sentence which tells
about the owner of the bedrooms. It can be concluded that it is not
only one person for five rooms. In order to make it correct, the
pronoun ‘my’ should be omitted or replaced using article ‘the’.
Therefore, it can be ‘bedrooms are five rooms.’
6) I have 2 bedrooms (student 22)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things.The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
two bedrooms.’
7) I have 3 bed rooms (student 23)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things. The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
three bed rooms.’
8) I have three room (student 24)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things. The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
three rooms.’
9) I have three bedrooms (student 26)
The sentence is incorrect. Murphy (2012) states that ‘I/ you/ they/
we/ she/ he/ it are included in personal pronoun which refers to the
person they are addressing, or to other people and things. The
pronoun ‘I’ has no relation with the topic about my house and the
previous sentence which talks about house. Pronoun ‘I’ should be ‘it’
as pronoun of the house. Therefore, the correct sentence is ‘it has
three bedrooms.’