do you say "that person hanged.." or "that person hung.."??
2007-04-12 10:01:45 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
people are hanged, pictures are hung.
2007-04-12 10:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depending On How Use Use Both Words Hanged Is Past Hung Is Present
2007-04-12 10:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by JTMONEY23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had that same question the other day and the answer I got was hanged. If you say that person was hanged then yes or if you say that person hung out there depends which way you use it.
2007-04-12 10:05:25 · answer #3 · answered by Jenny G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person was hanged, but their body hung from the gallows.
The past tense of hang (to hang a person) is hanged, but you can't just say the person hanged. You have to say they were hanged. The hanging was done to them (it's passive voice).
The past tense of hang (like clothes on a hanger) is hung.
2007-04-12 10:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by missyvecc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person is hanged by the neck till dead... or a person is hung to the tree by his collar.
Saddam Hussein Hanged as a form of execution. and Saddam hussein hung out his washing is everything else.
2007-04-12 10:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you're talking about an execution, the correct verb is "hanged," as in, "Saddam Hussein was hanged in December 2006." If you're using it any other way, it's "hung," as in "I hung out with my friends today," or "I hung some clothes out to dry." It's weird, but that's how it is.
2007-04-12 10:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A person is "hanged." Clothing is "hung."
2007-04-12 10:10:06 · answer #7 · answered by mjkl1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would say hanged, because hung is the past tense form for hang, and its used for objects.
2007-04-12 10:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by kjkjmop 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That person hanged himself, only Tom Dooley was hung. Or so say the two old ladies that dug him up.
2007-04-12 10:10:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the person was executed by hanging, they were hanged.
If they put an object on the wall, they hung the object.
2007-04-12 10:04:24 · answer #10 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋