shouldn't the correct terminology be "hung"? ie. "Saddam Hussein was hung two days ago?" vs "Saddam Huessin was hanged two days ago?" Isn't it "hung"? English Majors please!!!!
2007-01-02 16:38:54 · 13 answers · asked by C 4 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
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Ok. The verb "to hang" has 2 forms of the past tense.
Saddam Hussein was, in fact, HANGED. When you kill a person by dangling them from a rope, they have been HANGED. Whereas, when you cover your window with fabric, you have HUNG curtains.
Why? Because the word for killing someone with rope is from a different root in old English than the word for putting up curtains or other items.
2007-01-02 16:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Sri 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When hang means, as it generally does, "to suspend," then hung is the correct past-tense and past participial form of the verb: "Yesterday, I hung a picture on the wall"; "I have hung many pictures on many walls." When hang means "to put to death by hanging," however, hanged is the correct past-tense and past participial form: "We hanged the horse-thieving varmint yesterday"; "We've hanged nigh unto forty horse thieves this year." Given that hanging has become a fairly infrequent means to a fairly infrequent end, you might think that this is an unimportant distinction. But, because of a colloquial use of hung that we blush bright yellowish green to mention here, you can end up embarrassing yourself if you use hung as an adjective to describe a male historical figure executed by hanging. History records that John Billington was hanged at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1630; whether Mr. Billington was hung, history does not record.
2007-01-02 16:42:19 · answer #2 · answered by Joe D 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-22 21:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a lot of confusion!
Simple answer:
Judicial hanging (ie hanging someone as a means of execution)
past tense = hanged
Suspension (ie hanging something on a wall etc)
past tense = hung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging#Grammar
http://trackerpress.com/pdf/Page_60.pdf
http://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/hanged-or-hung.php
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/HUNG
2007-01-02 18:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by mel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's always "hanged" in an execution. I have no idea if he was also hung, nor do I particularly want to know.
2007-01-02 16:46:45 · answer #5 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They Will Hang Him Tomorrow ..> He Was Hung Today. <
2007-01-02 17:10:16 · answer #6 · answered by Terry 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The action that took place is past tense. Therefore it is "Sadam was hanged".
The present tense is "Sadam is to be hung by the neck till dead">
2007-01-02 17:46:33 · answer #7 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no hanged.past tense..hung ie= i hung it up in the closet present tense
2007-01-02 16:41:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pictures, paintings, and other objects are "hung," but people are "hanged."
2007-01-02 17:20:32 · answer #9 · answered by Ryan R 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. For that particular version of "hang", it's "hanged".
2007-01-02 16:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋