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the usage of 'wrong' (wrong phone number)



 
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the usage of 'wrong' (wrong phone number) Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:58 am  the usage of 'wrong' (wrong phone number)
 

Hi,

Could you say: ' My phone was wrong. ' = if you want to say that it didn't work?

Or is there another way? (e.g. It was bad. But it sounds not good.)

Thanks

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the usage of 'wrong' Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:05 pm  the usage of 'wrong'
 

Hi,

I would say: My phone was out of order since a phone can't really distinguish between what is right or wrong.

The only connection between 'phone' and 'wrong' I can see is: I've got the wrong phone number.

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