How did Mr.White phrase his 2nd wish? Would things have turned out better if Mr. and Mrs. White had phrased the 2nd wish more carefully?

Mr. White phraed his wish, "I wish my son alive again." The wish is a general statement, and he believes that it will be granted, as it is. What Mr. White didn't intend was for his son to be ressurrected as a zombie..... he wasn't specific. The paw is cursed, and its granting of wishes is cursed as well. Even if Mr. White had phrased his wish differently, the outcome wouldn't have been what he wanted.