I'm writing a paper on lynchings in America and I have a bit of a grammitical issue... What is the proper term: hang or hung? (Past tense)
Ex: The boy was (hung/hanged)?? Or He (hung/hanged) himself.
In many references they use both but I don't know which one is correct... Please help!!!!
2007-02-24 21:56:31 · 9 answers · asked by Don't play w/ me 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
my grammar teacher told me that you use the word HANG when you mean a person is suspended in a rope or something.
and when you mean a thing or non-person is suspended, you should use HUNG.
2007-02-24 22:43:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 22:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree, hanged is the better term. Although hung may be correct as well.
2007-02-24 22:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by Marianne M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when in doubt....use...."he strangled himself with a rope"!!!
Just kidding.
Actually, I usually go to dictionary.com
Search the word and they give the word in a sentence which usually helps out.
And...if you go there now and search "hanged" you will see that they say "hung" is the appropriate usage for "4. to put to death by suspending by the neck from a gallows, gibbet, yardarm, or the like. "
2007-02-24 22:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by COOKIE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hanged is the formal gramatical term
2007-02-24 22:03:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Josh's grammar teacher is correct.
People are 'hanged'.
Pictures are 'hung'.
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2007-02-24 22:56:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the boy was hanged, he hung himself. i think.
2007-02-24 22:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by jillybean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hanged is abetter term than hung
2007-02-24 22:00:27 · answer #8 · answered by saurabh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its definitely hanged in both the cases.
2007-02-25 01:45:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋