Whats the difference between hanged and hung? He has hanged on the gallows from dusk And The rope has hanged hung on the gallows The rope has hanged hung the man on the gallows The distinction of weak as a cause of death strong for an object has found a firm place in folk-linguistics much as the idea that walking under a ladder will bring bad luck
word choice - What is more appropriate — hanged or hung? - English . . . Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang, is used in the sense of “to put to death by hanging,” as in Frontier courts hanged many a prisoner after a summary trial A majority of the Usage Panel objects to hung used in this sense
Hung vs Hanged: “going to be hung” or “going to be hanged”? The weak inflection hanged however continued in use (being the only one used in Bible versions) [and judges pronouncing sentence of death] but was gradually superseded by hung in the general sense, transitive and intransitive, leaving hanged only in the special transitive sense (3) ‘put to death by hanging’, owing probably to the retention
Why the up in hang up the phone? - English Language Usage Stack . . . If you hanged your phone it would be dead Also, Kidses these days, like I presume you and your friends to be, have a tendency to drop the preposition in formerly phrasal verbs E g the old way of say it is "I went to hang out with my friends", the new way "I went to hang with my friends" –
grammar - you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb . . . You might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb The omission of stealing assumes that the offence is obvious (historical knowledge presumed), while the other deletions are of a more familiar type, omitting repeats of words already given (or retrievable) while not leading to loss of clarity
word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I use 'hung' for computers, pictures, and stockings, and 'hanged' for people, except in the phrase 'hung, drawn, and quartered' – Ron Porter Commented Mar 14, 2011 at 15:59
Why are clothes “hung” but men “hanged”? The weak inflexion hanged however continued in use (being the only one used in Bible versions from Coverdale to 1611, though Tindale had also houng); but was gradually superseded by hung in the general sense, trans and intr , leaving hanged only in the special trans sense (3) ‘put to death by hanging’, owing prob to the retention of this
Use hang or hung, when to use passive voice of hang? In this example, "framed picture hung on wall" "hang" is passive However, in "a picture of a dinosaur hanging on the wall quot; and quot;many umbrellas hanging from the
What does hanged mean in this context? - English Language Usage . . . The use of "hanged" in this context is entertaining Up until about a hundred years ago, "I'll be hanged" was a fairly common euphemism for "I'll be damned" It was an effective euphemism since it was obviously possible for the speaker to be literally hanged, and allowed formal uncertainty about the statement (although there was little