<![CDATA[ABSTRACT This skripsi entitled suffix –ing in journal “English Teaching Forum†: a  Syntactical Analysis. The -Ing form is neutral with respect to time; the time that is intended often depends on the tense or the meaning of the main verb. The suffix -ing is often used loosely instead of the perfect form of the gerund object of verbs. The suffix -ing of a verb can be used as a present participle, Frank (1972: 315). This research aims at identifying, classifying, and analyzing, the suffix -ing used in journal “English Teaching Forum†in terms of forms and functions. The data of the suffix -ing were collected from journal article chapter 1-5 based on Arts and Arts’s (1982: 167), Lado’s (2008: 24-62), Quirk. et al’s., (1972: 242: 246) and Phillips’s (2000: 117)’s theories. In analyzing the data in terms of forms and function, the concept of Arts and Arts (1982: 167), were used. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative method. The results of this research show that the suffix -ing used in the sentences of the journal “English Teaching Forum are various namely : suffix -ing as present continuous tense (3 data), past continuous tense (1data), gerund (9 data), reduced clause (6 data), -ing form as adjective (25 data) and -ing form as clauses that have an explicit subject and non explicit subject (21 data ). Furthermore the -ing forms have three functions: as verb, noun and as adjective. The study results show that the –Ing form functioning as adjective is the most used in the journal articles mentioned.  Key Words: The suffix -ing, Journal : English Teaching Forum]]>
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