Style In Written English

Style In Written English

1.   Question

Question tags adalah pertanyaan singkat yang diikutkan pada akhir sebuah kalimat untuk membuat pertanyaan.

Contoh :

1)    Kalimat                     : She speaks English.
Pertanyaan               : Does she speak English ?
Question Tag            : She speaks English, doesn’t she ?

2)    Kalimat                     : That’s great song.
Pertanyaan               : Does it great song ?
Question Tag            : That’s a great song, isn’t it ?

3)    Kalimat                     : This way isn’t right.
Pertanyaan               : Does it way isn’y right ?
Question Tag            : This way isn’t right, is it ?

2.   Sequence Of Tenses

The verb in the introductory or main clause controls the tense of the verb in the noun clause.

Rule 1: If the main clause is in the present or future, then the verb in the noun clause can be in any tense.

Main clause is                                           Noun clause is

          in the Present or Future                           in any tense

Contoh :

1)    The prime ministers agree that the global warming is a serious world problem.

2)    They hope that all nations will be responsible for solving this serious problem.

3)    Scientists believe that atmospheric warming has already begun.

Rule 2: If the main clause is in the past tense, the verb in the noun clause is usually in the past form except for the cases when the noun clause reports a general truth.

Main clause is                                           Noun clause is

in the Past                                                 in the Past

Contoh :

1)    The prime ministers agreed that the global warming was a serious world

problem.

2)    They hoped that all nations would be responsible for solving this serious

problem.

3)    Scientists believed that atmospheric warming had already begun.

3.   Say / Tell

Say dan Tell mempunyai arti yang sedikit berbeda, yaitu “berkata” dan “mengatakan”. Dalam tata bahasa (Grammar) Bahasa Inggris, terutama dalam topik Reported Speech, keduanya mempunyai pola yang berbeda.

Contoh :

1)    I’ll come back in two weeks?

 He said that he will come back in two weeks.

2)    He can’t join with us

He said that he can’t join with us.

3)    Budi will bring the magazines tommorow.

                     He said that He would bring the magazines the following day.

4.   Antecedent Of Pronoun

Kata benda (noun) yang diwakili oleh kata ganti (pronoun) dikenal dengan istilah antecedent. Kata benda tersebut dapat berupa sebuah kata, frase, atau klausa. Pada umumnya, dalam sebuah kalimat, antecedent terletak sebelum kata ganti.

Contoh :

1)    The government workers received their paychecks.

2)    Jane thought she saw the missing boy and reported him to the police.

3)    The shift supervisor hates these accidents because he thinks they can be easily avoided.

5.   Redudancy

Redudancy  adalah pengulangan kata yang tidak diperlukan atau penggunaan beberapa kata yang seharusnya dapat dapat dihindari hanya dengan menggunakan satu kata saja.

Contoh :

1)    You must translate the text in a careful manner in order that the meaning of the text in the source language is not lost. (Jawaban: in a careful manner adalah redundancy. Seharusnya carefully bisa digunakan)

2)    Buying or purchasing new cars on credit has become an unavoidable habit because leasing companies have tried to offer monthly low installment payment. (Jawaban: buying or purchasing adalah redundancy. Seharusnya “Buying new cars” atau Purchasing new cars”)

3)    Not wanting to be late for the seminar, I decided to leave early because there was not any certainty as to what time the seminar will start tomorrow. (Jawaban: there was not any certainty adalah redundancy. Seharusnya diganti dengan it wasn’t certain)