Hanged On The Wall

The standard rule for the past tense of hang is this.

Hanged on the wall.

The salem witches were not burned. In some countries they still hang criminals. Hung is the past tense and past participle of hang in most of that verb s senses for instance yesterday you might have hung a picture on the wall hung a right turn and hung your head in sorrow. Luckily we avoid the problem when speaking in the present tense.

Justice wargrave ordered edward seton to be. Before you start hanging plates on a wall choose the plates platters bowls or other dishes you want to display and find a suitable location for them. The murderer is going to be hanged at dawn. If you re hanging a heavy mirror on plaster without a stud your best bet is a hollow wall anchor such as a toggle bolt that expands and secures behind the plaster wall.

You probably agree that there s a big difference between a painting being hung on the wall and someone being hanged. After school she hung out in the library. I hung a picture of noah webster on the wall. We hung your picture on the wall.

The murderer is going to be hung at dawn. In almost all situations you should use the word hung. The picture hangs in the gallery. Hanged is used only when referring to the hanging of a person by the neck with the intention of killing him or her.

Use hanged when referring to a person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead. Put a large sheet of packing paper or kraft paper on a flat surface such as a floor or worktable and put the plates on it. Some interesting related words. Trace around each plate with a pencil.

In all other cases hung is the past tense of hang.