Grammar Entry 612 / 1011 60-second read

Hung (executed) vs. Hanged

People are hanged.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

The outlaws were hung at dawn.

✓ Correct

The outlaws were hanged at dawn.

The ruleii

Executions: HANGED. Everything else: HUNG.

Pictures, coats, and moods are HUNG. People are HANGED in the execution sense.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Executions get an extra -ed."

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