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Hung vs. hanged Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:44 am  Hung vs. hanged
 

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", question 3

Since the abolition of capital punishment in this country murderers are not hung if they are found guilty.

(a) abolition
(b) capital punishment
(c) hung
(d) guilty

Test No. errors/advan-3 "The audience went wild", answer 3

Since the abolition of capital punishment in this country murderers are not hanged if they are found guilty.

Correct entry: hanged
The error was: (c) hung
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Why is it "he was hanged" and not "he was hung?" When is hung right?

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Hanged/hung Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:45 am  Hanged/hung
 

The simple explanation of which past participle of the verb hang to use is that people are hanged by the neck and pictures are hung on the wall.
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Hanged/hung Mon Nov 29, 2004 19:36 pm  Hanged/hung
 

Alan wrote:
The simple explanation of which past participle of the verb hang to use is that people are hanged by the neck and pictures are hung on the wall.

Hi ALan! I cannot catch the difference between the 2 expressions.
Help me catch it!
Thanks a lot
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Hanged/hung Mon Nov 29, 2004 20:32 pm  Hanged/hung
 

Simply hanged for people and hung for things.
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Is that because Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:22 am  Is that because
 

of the vulgar connoations of someone "being" hung? or because it was something established when the practice of hanging was still common ie: dialect, or period legal clause?
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Hung/hanged Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:48 am  Hung/hanged
 

Sorry, can you say again?
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Hang vs hung Thu Mar 24, 2005 20:26 pm  Hang vs hung
 

so it's hang for people and hung for animals? Thank you
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Hang Thu Mar 24, 2005 22:51 pm  Hang
 

There are two past forms for this verb:

hung and hanged. The first one simply means something as for example a picture on a wall and the second one means hanged by the neck.
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Hung vs. hanged Fri Jan 05, 2007 14:46 pm  Hung vs. hanged
 

Hung is used when the thing is hanging contineously for long time.(like a portrait on the wall). We can also say that:-
"The culprit was hanged and this corpse was hung on the tree."
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Hung vs. hanged Fri Jan 05, 2007 15:54 pm  Hung vs. hanged
 

or:

The culprit was hanged and his/her/the corpse was hung on the tree.

Unless there's more than one corpse, there's no need to use the modifier "this".
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Hung vs. hanged Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:52 am  Hung vs. hanged
 

hi Allan... i remember there are no such irregular/regular verb for hanged.... isnt it suppose to be hang- hung- hung...
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Hung vs. hanged Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:01 am  Hung vs. hanged
 

Hi, Nerd

Alan has stated that
There are two past forms for this verb:

hung and hanged. The first one simply means something as for example a picture on a wall and the second one means hanged by the neck.


It just so happens that to hang in its one meaning is a regular verb and in the other - irregular Smile
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Hung vs. hanged Thu Mar 06, 2008 15:20 pm  Hung vs. hanged
 

ok then i know thanks
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Hung vs. hanged Thu Apr 10, 2008 16:11 pm  Hung vs. hanged
 

Another reason, besides the correctness, not to use "hung" as a verb when referring to people is that it's also a gender-specific vulgar adjective in reference to men. Most men would take it as complimentary, but it's still considered impolite in many circles.
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