Gross mistakes
The NCTB has set the book entitled 'English For Today' at the HSC level with a new approach of communicative system for the learners, but the book, though its first edition was in 2001, has some glaring mistakes, which make us think about its acceptability and accessibility. Only two grave mistakes out of many are presented below:
1. The model on CV contained on page 262 without mentioning the address of the applicant is quite misleading (vide the dictionary on study page B15 edited by Sally Wehmeer).
2. The book also gives us the phrase 'comprising of' in which the use of preposition is out and out inappropriate (see the O.A. Learner's dictionary by AS Hornby, page 238).
I hope the NCTB and the Education Boards concerned would look into the matter.
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