One of the most common pair of confused words relating to irregular verbs is “hanged” and “hung”. The verb “hang” has two possible past tenses and past particles, “hanged” and “hung”. Of these, the form “hung” is by far the more common, as in:
We hung some decorations
on the Christmas tree.
The form “hanged” is
mostly used when related to execution by hanging someone from a rope or to
suicide by the same means, as in:
The murderer was hanged.
This error has become so
common that the distinction between the two words is in real danger of being
forgotten.
© Joseph Baidoo
© Joseph Baidoo
Joseph Baidoo is a Ghanaian and is popularly known on social media as Misty Joe.
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