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THE WRONG USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG JOURNALIST
When a doctor’s negligence kills his patient it is no news but when a journalist misuses English it is news.
This was disclosed in an interview with the president of the Ghana Journalist Association’s and news editor of the Daily Graphic, Mr. Ransfold Tetteh. He outlined the level of education, lack of reading and use of pidgin language as the main cause of wrong use of English Language.
He suggested that, the proper use of our mother language is an effective tool, in correcting the use of English Language. He however noted that, even in the midst of wrong use of English Language among journalist, there are very good journalist.