@thesis{thesis,
		author={SAKINAH  SITI HIDAYATUN},
		title ={AN ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS’ PUNCTUATION ERRORS IN 
WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS OF THE ELEVENTH 
GRADE STUDENTS OF MA DARUL ABIDIN NW GERISAK
 IN SCHOOL YEAR 2017/2018},
		year={2018},
		url={http://eprints.hamzanwadi.ac.id/3381/},
		abstract={This study aimed at describing students’ punctuation errors in writing 
descriptive texts. The present researcher used descriptive qualitative method in 
this study. It was conducted in the eleveth grade MA Darul Abidin Nw Gerisak 
Semanggeleng. There were twenty students of chose randomly to be participants.
 The data were collected by asking the participants to write an essay about 
descriptive text and asking the participants to fill some questionnaires. The 
participants’ work sheets and the questionnaires were analyzed to find out the 
common errors in using punctuation. The analysis showed the most dominant 
error were (1) errors in using period that was 36,36%; (2) students omitting 
comma that was 29,54%; (3) error in using comma that was 25%; (4) students 
omitting period that was 4,54%; and (5) students omitted the use of apostrophe
 that was 4, 54%.
Key words: Panctuation errors, descriptive texts}
		}