THE ENGLISH SUFFIX –ING THROUGH ENGLISH TO SERBIAN TRANSLATION EXERCISES

THE ENGLISH SUFFIX –ING THROUGH ENGLISH TO SERBIAN TRANSLATION EXERCISES

Jurišić Roljić, Jasna

The origin and usage of the English suffix - ING has been a captivating read for some time. Regarded as both gerund and present participle it has also posed a certain challenge for the students doing English to Serbian translation exercises. This paper briefly depicts derivational and inflectional distinguishing qualities of - ING suffixes and examines the students’ errors related to them. The errors have been divided according to the function of the word ending in - ING and statistically presented. Finally, as a possible future guidance, the paper offers some practical solutions to the problems identified. Keywords: morphology, suffix –ING, gerund, present participle, translation, error analysis

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2014

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