@thesis{thesis, author={Qur'ani Dliya'ul}, title ={AN ERROR ANALYSIS ON THE COMPLEX SENTENCES IN STUDENTS' WRITING OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT STKIP PGRI SIDOARJO}, year={2019}, url={http://repository.stkippgri-sidoarjo.ac.id/659/}, abstract={English language has some sentence types used in writing. The complex sentence is one of the sentence types that occur in writing. However, in the practice, it is found that some students still make errors and have difficulties in writing it. This study attempted to find the kinds of error on constructing complex sentences in students‟ writing. The purpose of this study is to identify the errors in the students‟ writing of English Education Study Program at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo on the use of complex sentences. The methodology used in this study is descriptive qualitative method. The source of data of this study was the errors of complex sentences taken from the seventh semester students‟ written task of English Education Study Program at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo. This study found that there were 74 errors in students‟ writing on constructing complex sentences. The errors of complex sentences were classified into errors of omission, errors of addition, errors of misformation, and errors of misordering. There were 70% of errors of misformation, 23% of errors of omission, 4% of errors of addition, and 3% of errors of misordering. Many students still make errors in using the correct form of verb in complex sentences which considered as error of misformation. To keep away doing the same mistakes, the students are supposed to try many times on writing complex sentences using correct form of verb.} }