rrhamilton
2007-04-03 02:20:20
From a Texan:
Pictures are hung; horses are hung; juries are hung. But men are “hanged”. When a man is executed by hanging, the proper way to say it, past tense, is that “he was hanged”, NOT, “he was hung”.
From a Texan:
Pictures are hung; horses are hung; juries are hung. But men are “hanged”. When a man is executed by hanging, the proper way to say it, past tense, is that “he was hanged”, NOT, “he was hung”.