The Study of Various Errors of Language in Local News Items of English Newspapers of Southern Punjab

Abstract

Our media language needs to be improved. Press reporters, hosts, and anchors making so many grammatical errors is excruciating. They keep making mistakes on common stuff. When communication was limited to printing, spelling errors predominated. With electronic media sweeping the world, we see various problems besides spelling errors. Simply observe television broadcast tickers for errors. Typesetting before computers caused many spelling problems. With computerized word processors, there is no excuse. Readers are forgiving, so it is a rush to print. As for grammar, some of the text uses Indian English phrases that may be improper in British or American English. Sloppy grammar is another issue. Associated Press of Pakistan Lahore Bureau required me to write and edit news. I found various linguistic faults in Pakistan's foremost official news agency reporters. English newspapers have many errors. That led me to study newspaper inaccuracies. Objectives are to examine Southern Punjab English newspaper local news linguistic faults and to examine the causes of language faults in Southern Punjab English newspapers' local news. The local English newspapers were read. Various language errors were noted. The errors were categorized, and their repetition percentage was computed. Academic qualifications and journalism experience of journalists were collected. A total of 79 news articles from both publications were examined. The following graphs, including a diagram of a pie, bars, and various other graphs, show the proportion of errors that were discovered. According to Martin R. Maier's study, readers need to fix errors. Readers can report errors by email and a toll-free number in the New York Times daily. Pakistani publications need a similar approach so readers may correct errors. Unfortunately, none will recognize their mistakes and take such action.