why do people say 'hanged' instead of 'hung,' its not correct english!!??

Answer 1

Hanged on a minute are you sure ?

Answer 2

I'll be hanged. I didn't know that. I also know that I'm hung like a horse. (Fortunate or what!!) No. That's just showing a case in point. It's the usage of the participle that gives us the difference although most people don't know the difference and they really don't care.
Think of the following sentences and the images they give:
He was hanged like a common criminal.
He was hung like a ...

There are many other examples in English where irregular past participle forms also have a regular form, e.g.

learned/learnt
burned/burnt

English is a living language and as such changes as the times change. Who knows how people will speak in a hundred years time? Not like now, that's for sure.

Answer 3

It is correct English, just as many have said. If anything, people tend to use 'hung' incorrectly by saying people were hung when they weren't.

btw, your sentence isn't quite correct, either. Here is how it should be:

Why do people say 'hanged' instead of 'hung'? It's not correct English!

Answer 4

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Alohas

Perhaps You need to understand the difference between Proper and Correct First..

In a British form of English it is neither proper Nor correct, However in an American form of common English it is acceptable relevent to it's usage. Such as "hanged if I Know." or "hanged out to dry", These are Americanized versions that are commonly accepted Even in English Classes today. Sorry about that,, but that's how life Goes On....

Aloha Oi

Thoughtfuls

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Answer 5

Both are correct. Socially, they tend to be used in different contexts. An example of this would be that meat is 'hung' before consumption, but condemned prisoners were 'hanged'. Whilst grammatically interchangeable in colloquial speech, the connotations of the two tend to differ.

I can sympathise with those other answerers who have been irritated by the tone of this question. Don't be so swift to bemoan falling standards in grammar when your own writing is imperfect.

Answer 6

How did that story go about being the first to throw stones?

It is also incorrect to begin a sentence with a small letter.

Nor is it correct to use single quotation marks in this particular context, not to mention the double exclamation points and question marks (which is not bad style, just plain wrong).

Oh, and "English" is capitalized.

The subject "people" is very vague. Be precise.

Your sentence could also be considered a run-on sentence; you might consider breaking it into two sentences, i.e., a question and then a statement. Otherwise, I might have expected a semicolon here.

But I'm not trying to be judgmental!

Answer 7

The term 'Hanged' is only applied to a person. Everything else is hung. So both are correct but only when used in these specific circumstances.

Answer 8

actually if you look it up you'll find that they are both correct english, so it is down to personnal preference as to whether you say 'hanged' or 'hung'. x x

and that is as in

the man was hanged
the man was hung


and for person below this that answered - actually singe and double quotations are reversable depending on the fashion at the time. - get your facts right.
both CORRECT ENGLISH

Answer 9

Unless you are a professional, it does not seem to matter which is correct English. Today the English language has turned into slang terminology. As long as you know which is correct or feel that you do, I guess that is all that matters. I have yet to learn all the new "English" meanings.

Answer 10

It's perfectly correct English, it's the transitive sense of hung.

Answer 11

In the case of an executed person, the past tense is "Hanged " If you are talking about hanging something up ie such as a coat then the past tense is "hung ". That's why English is a complicated language.
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http://www.udel.edu/eli/questions/g10.html