Hung (9/10)

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Incorrect usage would be, “They put a noose around the villain’s neck and hung him.” Hung simply means suspended. What ‘they’ did to the villain was hanged him. Correct usage would be, “The apple hung from the tree.” The word does not mean suspended by the neck.

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Written by Rex Trulove

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    • It is really fairly simple. Hung is the past tense of hang *except* when it refers to hanging by the neck. The past tense of hanging by the neck is hanged.