18 Examples of Correctional Figures in Indonesian

In everyday communication, sometimes we make a statement that is wrong. Errors can occur accidentally or intentionally. In the case of intentionality, it is usually to give an allusion to something. To correct the erroneous statement, in Indonesian language correction is used.

Correctional figure of speech or also known as epanortosis is a style language used to emphasize a statement by making the first statement which is then corrected by correcting or replacing it with another statement. In various kinds of affirmation figure of speech, one of the figures of speech correction is included, besides this figure of speech it is also used digunakan to correct a spoken statement that was previously considered wrong, then corrected it with a statement that right.

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Correctional figure of speech example:

1. This is my third time here, ah sorry, this is my fourth time here.
2. Pak Hermawan as the head of the organizer was the last speaker at this event. After that we can go home, for a moment, the committee invites us to eat together first.
3. Haven't seen each other for a long time, maybe the child is now seventeen, or maybe eighteen.
4. Looks like next month we are going on vacation to Bali, uh, looks like we're going on vacation to Lombok instead.
5. I've been waiting here for almost three hours, or maybe more than four hours.
6. According to the invitation we received, the event will start at eight in the evening, uh sorry, the event will start at 9 pm.
7. If you notice that you are better off wearing blue clothes, uh sorry, it looks like black clothes will suit you better.
8. How about we go to Bandung by bus, eh, it looks like taking the train will get to Bandung faster.
9. If you look at his achievements last night, Aldi will be ranked first this semester, eh, looks like Ani will be ranked first.
10. What if tomorrow we go hiking in the mountains, uh, looks like going to the beach more people will come.
11. It seems that in 2018 Brazil will again become the world cup champion, uh, it looks like Germany is more likely to win the tournament.
12. Actually I've been working for this company for seven years, sorry, I've been working here for eight years.
13. The National Music Festival will be held from Friday, sorry I mean the festival will start on Thursday.
14. Pak Ardian's room is located on the ninth floor, sorry, his room is on the seventh floor.
15. It's been raining since this afternoon, err, from this afternoon rain has come down fast.
16. It's been five days, sorry Ridwan hasn't been to school for seven days for no apparent reason.
17. If you use the train, the distance from here to Surabaya can be reached in ten hours, uh sorry, maybe twelve hours before arriving in Surabaya.
18. It looks like the price in store X is cheaper, oh no, it looks like the price in store Y is much cheaper.

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