Diction in the Editorial Haluan Newspaper

Abstract

Many diction errors are found in the Haluan newspaper. This study aims (1) to examine the form of errors in terms of diction contained in the November 2022 edition of the Haluan newspaper, (2) to provide corrections for language errors in terms of diction contained in the November 2022 edition of the Haluan newspaper. The headline in this Haluan newspaper is using descriptive qualitative research. Based on the results of data collection, it was found that the error form in the first news with the title "Resurrection of Nagari, Is the resurrection of West Sumatera" found an error in the field of diction, namely the inaccuracy in the choice of words. The second news with the title "MTQ VI Korpri and the Quality of Bureaucracy" found errors in the field of diction, namely the inaccuracy in the choice of words such as the use of non-standard words. Finally, in the third article with the title "Be alert, dengue is back to plague" the same thing as previously found an error in the field of diction, namely the inaccuracy of word selection.