GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN INDONESIAN'S SONGS WITH ENGLISH LYRICS WITHIN PERIOD 2020-2021

Abstract

This research purposed to scrutinize grammatical errors in 2020-2021 Indonesian’s songs with
English lyrics. The theoretical part focused on the music style, characteristics, and structure of
the lyrics. The practical part examined the content and form of the lyrics. There were three songs
used in the research: [1] It’s Only Me by Kaleb J; [2] Fine Today by Ardhito Pramono; [3] and
Flying Solo by Pamungkas. In collecting the data, the researcher used descriptive-qualitative
method. The main theory used in the study was the theory by Fenetta (2016). We found that
mistake in the song "It's Only Me" was the omission of linking verb and verb error. Grammatical
errors also found in the songs of "Fine Today" and "Flying Solo". We found grammatical error in
the Fine Today's lyrics that indicated omission of the connecting verb as well as making an error
of preposition and a verb, while Pamungkas made a grammatical error in the song by choosing
the wrong subject and pronoun. The error of verb dominated the songs’ lyrics being analyzed..
Meanwhile, other kinds of error do occur in the lyrics, but the error of verb is the most likely to
occur compared to other types of error.
Keywords: Grammatical errors, Indonesian songs, lyrics