He had erased the wrong word.

他擦去了写错的字。

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Mark the wrong word with a circle.

把那个错字圈了。

《新英汉大辞典》

Even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, it doesn't matter.

尽管有时你可能用错单词或时态，但这并不重要。

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I know I'm doing something grossly--" and here is a very bad word "--wrong. I can still go ahead and do it."

我知道我的所作所为是很…”,注意他用的那个词了,“错的，但我还是能下得了手”

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He (Romney) was right in the main, I just think he picked the wrong word.

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Acknowledging dents in the gleaming chrome (maybe that's the wrong word) can draw attention to flaws unnecessarily.

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Turn up in person and dull is the wrong word: stand in the right (wrong?) place and it's more a cacophony.

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