Surely, there's a word missing here.

这里肯定少了一个字。

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There is a word missing on the last page.

最后一页少了一个字。

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If you add a word, put an insertion mark in the right place and write the missing word in the blank.

如果你要添加一个单词，在正确的位置做一个插入标记，然后把缺失的单词写在空白处。

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The crucial missing word could have been used to mean schools would not have been allowed to introduce selection procedures under Labour but those with selection rules would be allowed to keep them.

BBC: Grammar debate is a 'past agenda'

Two founders of a new Russian opposition party have been barred from leaving the country for six months, after court officials ruled that a correction they were ordered to publish did not have a large enough headline and was missing a key word.

FORBES: Leave Boris Nemtsov Alone. Leave Him Alone!

Dando (Eran Naim), a policeman on the narcotics squad, is waiting for word about his brother, a soldier, who has gone missing.

NEWYORKER: Ajami