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The standard past tense and past participle form of the verb "hang", in the sense of this article, is "hanged", [130] [131] [132] although some dictionaries give "hung" as an alternative. [ 133 ] [ 134 ]
As far as I know, hanged is never used for the meanings of hang unrelated to killing someone. I hung a picture on the wall, hung a flag outside my window, and hung my laundry out to dry; I can't imagine any native English speaker over the age of 8 ever using hanged in those sentences. —Angr 20:00, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
hang. The standard past participle of hang is hung. The past participle hanged is reserved for execution by hanging, [56] and sometimes for suicide by hanging, [57] [better source needed] although usage guides differ on the importance of the distinction between hanged and hung. [56] hangar and hanger.
hang – hung/hanged – hung/hanged overhang – overhung – overhung: Strong, class 7: Regularized alternative hanged was influenced by OE causative hangian, and is used chiefly for hanging as a means of execution: have (has) – had – had : Weak: Had results from contraction, from OE hæfde; third person present has also results from ...
The only argument I have seen for the present past tense verb title (at Talk:Hanged, drawn and quartered/Archive 6#Title) is that "hanged, drawn, and quartered" is more frequent on Google, but I find that argument unconvincing. The purpose of the article title is to give the name of the execution method, and that is the noun form: "Hanging ...
The severed head of Jeremiah Brandreth, one of the last men in England sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered At the burnings of Isabella Condon in 1779 and Phoebe Harris in 1786, the sheriffs present inflated their expenses; in the opinion of Simon Devereaux they were probably dismayed at being forced to attend such spectacles. [ 82 ]
1.1 Different past tenses of "hang" 4 comments. 1.2 Comma usage. 12 comments. 1.3 "Grandma's back forty" 12 comments. 1.4 Help remembering a word. 6 comments. Toggle ...
The word "hoist" here is the past participle of the now-archaic verb hoise (since Shakespeare's time, hoist has become the present tense of the verb, with hoisted the past participle), and carries the meaning "to lift and remove". [18]