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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 ]
Derek Bentley, English man hanged for aiding the murder of a police officer during an attempted robbery (28 January 1953) Ruth Ellis, Welsh model, escort and last woman executed in the United Kingdom who was accused and executed for the murder of her lover (13 July 1955) Genzo Kurita, Japanese serial killer (14 October 1959)
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.
The head dress was a fine kerchief of linen strait (tight) about the head, hanging down the back taper-wise; a large lock of hair hangs down their cheeks above their breast, the lower end tied with a knot of ribbands. The 1845 illustration is a reconstruction based on this description, then a century and a half old.
Richard Whiting, Abbot of Glastonbury (1539) – executed on Glastonbury Tor by order of Thomas Cromwell (hung, drawn and quartered) Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots , 1587 Raleigh just before being beheaded in 1618– an illustration from c. 1860 This contemporary German print depicts Charles I's decapitation in 1649.
The trap was sprung at 5:11. At the end of the drop, the snap of the rope decapitated her and sent her head rolling to a stop at the feet of the spectators. Her heart continued to pump blood out of her severed neck, spurting blood for several minutes after the decapitation. The grisly scene caused five witnesses (two women and three men) to faint.
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 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 ...