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Correct use of "Hang"

giftgrub · 2004-07-07 17:10:14

can someone settle an argument for me? whats the past tense of hang, as in hang by the neck i would say " He hanged himself" but a mate says i'm an idiot and reckons it should be "he hung himself" sorry about the grim subject matter...it was something in the paper

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07-07-2004 6:10pm

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giftgrub

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can someone settle an argument for me?

whats the past tense of hang, as in hang by the neck

i would say " He hanged himself"

but a mate says i'm an idiot and reckons it should be "he hung himself"

sorry about the grim subject matter...it was something in the paper

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#2 07-07-2004 6:16pm
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hanged

Hang \Hang\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hanged (h?ngd) or Hung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hanging.

Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common

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#3 13-07-2004 8:02pm
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he hung himself
he was hanged

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