Orthographic Characteristics of Opinion Column in Haluan Newspaper on November 2022 Edition

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the misuse of the meaning of the word in the November edition of Haluan newspaper. Orthography is a spelling system of a language or a description of the sound of a language in the form of writing or symbols. This analysis is expected to minimize errors in the use of orthographic aspects in the opinion of the November edition of the Haluan newspaper. This research is qualitative research with a descriptive method that focuses on the use of language and the writing of words in sentences in the opinion of the November edition of the Haluan newspaper. The data in this study is the use and writing of the wrong words so that the existing sentences become ineffective. The results of this study are the writing of the wrong words, causing ineffective sentences, non-standard words and some incorrect selection errors. The results of this study are used as teaching materials to understand language comprehension and appropriate orthographic characteristics in writing opinions.