65438+ 10 65438+July, some netizens posted that the New Student Dictionary of People's Education Publishing House was full of mistakes, and the root of the tongue was written as the root of the tongue. In addition, there are more than 40 editing and proofreading errors, and 1 1 is listed in this paper. This article spread quickly on the Internet, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens. Yesterday, the Beijing Youth Daily reporter found the old and new versions of the new student dictionary, and found that only two mistakes in the old version were obvious mistakes, and the new version has been revised; 6 typographical error, the new version has been modified; There are three other things that are not wrong, but they are different. People's Education Publishing House responded that the errors listed by netizens were the first edition of 20 13, which was completely revised in July of 20 14.
Event: Are there frequent mistakes and omissions in the new student dictionary?
Yesterday, the official account of WeChat was a new student dictionary with many mistakes and omissions. What should be used to compensate the future of 20 million rural children? ! "has caused a wide spread on the Internet.
This official WeChat account article was published in June 65438+1October 65438+July. Among them, it is said that some teachers found that the new student dictionary published by People's Education Society is full of mistakes: it originated in Jinghe, Ningxia and was written as "Gansu"! The root of the tongue is written as the root of the tongue! There are more than 40 words with stroke errors and various editing and proofreading errors. ...
In this paper, the above mistakes are divided into seven categories, including basic common sense mistakes, typo mistakes, dictionary strokes mistakes, violation of basic physical common sense, interpretation mistakes, word confusion, editing and proofreading problems and so on. In the category of common sense error, the Jinghe River originated in Ningxia was written as "Gansu". In typos, saying "the root of the tongue" is written as "the root of the tongue" and "asking the end" is written as "asking the end". In the confusion of answering the phone, there are "masturbation" and "freedom" in the vocabulary list called "self" The netizen listed all the "mistakes" one by one and compared them with the authoritative dictionary Xinhua Dictionary. A * * * lists 1 1 "errors".
According to the article, this dictionary was distributed to 20 million rural children, which seriously affected children's study and further studies, and its words were fierce, which triggered a heated discussion among netizens.
Survey: There are some mistakes, but the new version has been revised.
Yesterday, the reporter of Beiqing Daily found that this dictionary full of mistakes and omissions mentioned by netizens is the version printed by People's Education Publishing House 20 13 1 th 1 th. In this version of the book, all the problems mentioned by netizens exist. For example, the root of the tongue is wrongly written as the root of the tongue, and the self is just masturbation without freedom. The version of 20 13 1 month contains all the "problems" mentioned by netizens. However, in the version of' 2065438+July 2004' published by the publishing house, the mistakes have been corrected.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily found that there were two obvious mistakes in the old dictionary. For example, the word "tongue root" written as "tongue root" is indeed a typo, and the Weihe River really originated in Ningxia. Four mistakes are mistakes in the collection of strokes, such as five words in six paintings. One mistake is to write too many words, and one serial number is wrong. There are three other things that are not mistakes, but different statements. According to the comparison between the old and new versions, it is found that 8 of the 1 1 errors claimed by netizens are errors, and the new version has been revised.
Response: The error rate of old books is within the allowable range.
Yesterday, the relevant person in charge of the People's Education Publishing House told the reporter of Beiqing Daily that the People's Education Publishing House had seen the articles circulating on the Internet.
The person in charge said that the problems pointed out by netizens were actually in the first layout book published on 20 13, and all the above mistakes have been corrected. "Only a few are real mistakes, most are very minor problems, and some are not mistakes at all."
The person in charge introduced that taking "casserole in the end" as an example, ordinary people think that the word "sand" is right, but the word "sand" is wrong. Etymologically, the earliest casserole was made of clay, but it was made of sediment, so there is nothing wrong with writing "sand". Compared with other dictionaries on the market, such as Xinhua Idiom Dictionary by the Commercial Press, Small Dictionary of Chinese Idioms by the Commercial Press and Big Dictionary of Chinese Idioms by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House, they all say "ask questions". For the word "pupil", it is not wrong to write "pupil" as "pupil", because pupil reflects figure rather than fruit. As for the word "self" put forward by netizens, it is even more ridiculous to have "masturbation" without "freedom". "Masturbation is not lewd, and self-consolation is also masturbation. It is also impossible for dictionaries to give examples of all words. It is of course normal to have a choice. "
The above-mentioned person in charge said that all the mistakes made by netizens have been revised in the July version of 20 14, and there are no mistakes in subsequent versions. There is a saying in lexicography that "the date of publication is the time of revision". It is normal for dictionaries to be revised, and even the error rate of old books is far below one ten thousandth of the prescribed authority.
Extension: The new dictionary is sold to more than 20 provinces.
How about the sales of old dictionaries after the "mistakes" have been found out? The netizen said that the new student dictionary was sent to the countryside and 20 million students were affected.
According to the relevant person in charge of People's Education Publishing House, the dictionary sales data is not as big as this article says. At the same time, due to the different procurement time in different regions, the delivery time is also different. If the purchase time is 20 13, but the delivery is the last batch, the error has been corrected, so it is difficult to count the specific impact times. It can be verified that the latest edition of New Student Dictionary has been sold to more than 20 provinces in China, but it is not widely used in Beijing, and Xinhua Dictionary is mainly used in schools.
Yesterday, the reporter of Beiqing Daily didn't find the new student dictionary in Xinhua Bookstore near Tuanjiehu. According to the bookstore clerk, most schools in Beijing use Xinhua dictionary. At present, only Beijing Book Building and Wangfujing Bookstore have a small inventory. Later, the staff of Wangfujing Bookstore told us that the new student dictionary had been sold out and the bookstore was out of stock.
It is understood that compared with the Xinhua Dictionary for a wider audience, the new student dictionary is mainly for students, giving more detailed text and picture explanations for words that often appear in textbooks, which is more in line with the content of students' exams.