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Hung - exception to the rule

Date: Dec 13 2007

Topic: Grammar

Author: Lesmundo2003

Lesson


'hung' is the past of 'to hang', with 1 main exception.


A form of punishment many years ago in England, was trying a knotted looped rope around the neck (a noose) & releasing a trapdoor under the person. Therefor killing the person by using their own weight, to break their neck & the spinal cord.


Spinal cord - the cylindrical bundle of nerve fibres & associated tissue that is enclosed in the spine (backbone) & connects nearly all parts of the body to the brain. It forms the central nervous system.


If the spinal cord was not severed, the more unfortunate victims would suffer great pain as the partially broken bones would tear into them with their struggles & eventually die of suffocation. Not being able to breathe.


 It would be incorrect to say - "that person was hung".

The correct way - "that person was hanged". 


The way I was taught - "a dog is hung, a man is hanged"

In my opinion, not a nice way to educate a child, talking about cruelty to animals  :-(


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champ_mem007

Pakistan

thnx Smile

04:54 AM Dec 16 2007 |

Rose17

Oman

Thanks a lot for this interesting lesson..

 

08:37 PM Dec 15 2007 |

pinksilk

pinksilk

Egypt

Thanx 4 u Smile

08:36 PM Dec 15 2007 |

Rose17

Oman

Thanks…
Intersting lesson

08:33 PM Dec 15 2007 |

adnan333811

Jordan

good

 

06:34 PM Dec 15 2007 |

g.gulcan

United States

goodd

10:55 AM Dec 15 2007 |

wasimbari

Iraq

hai

r uythere'

r u there

 

02:54 AM Dec 15 2007 |

jocan222

Peru

hi idlikeme  to receiv the class of english tanks…..

11:51 PM Dec 14 2007 |

dodo77

Saudi Arabia

wo0o0ow, nice lesson and very important

 thank you very mutch

11:36 PM Dec 14 2007 |

Lesmundo2003

Spain

Thanks Ece – I'm trying  :)

You gave me another smile today.


Thanks guys & girls, but msmkadasah – be careful when you say "good hung man". This has a sexual reference to a part of a man's anatomy. I'm not going to correct for the right phrase  :) 

12:12 PM Dec 14 2007 |

jeffreyjin2006

China

thanks

08:45 AM Dec 14 2007 |

indrayani

indrayani

Indonesia

thanks for u'r lesson

06:10 AM Dec 14 2007 |

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