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 ?
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 ?
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 ?
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)
