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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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azlin

Malaysia

hye

02:27 AM Dec 21 2007 |

amzeditor

Pakistan

Yes.

05:19 PM Dec 20 2007 |

SHARADKUMAR

India

hi

thanks for teaching

02:41 PM Dec 20 2007 |

mangaonkarvishal

India

thanks a lot.

03:23 AM Dec 20 2007 |

richardlee0421

China

thanks very much,a nice lesson

03:10 AM Dec 20 2007 |

richardlee0421

China

thanks very much,a nice lesson

03:10 AM Dec 20 2007 |

sidlne

Spain

more thanks for your lesson of english

06:04 PM Dec 19 2007 |

magellanban

Turkey

hi gulcan

04:54 PM Dec 19 2007 |

alexxx69

alexxx69

Australia

It was intesting lesson thanx i never thinks like that.Smile

02:15 PM Dec 19 2007 |

sophia_w

sophia_w

China

thanks:)

12:24 PM Dec 19 2007 |

srinivas.m

srinivas.m

India

good

08:45 AM Dec 19 2007 |

engr.haseeb

Pakistan

hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

03:45 AM Dec 19 2007 |

engr.haseeb

Pakistan

good..

03:43 AM Dec 19 2007 |

huangshuxiang

China

I would  leand form your

thanks very much

03:41 AM Dec 19 2007 |

mangaonkarvishal

India

really nice

03:21 AM Dec 19 2007 |

dineshsharmanidhi

India

Thanks for youe lession.

12:28 PM Dec 18 2007 |

小土豆tutu

小土豆tutu

China

thanks for your lesson!

12:15 PM Dec 18 2007 |

selearner

India

thanks for your lesson

11:02 AM Dec 18 2007 |

Wing_Yi

Wing_Yi

Hong Kong

thanks your lesson

i got very much

04:16 AM Dec 18 2007 |

dr.saly

dr.saly

Jordan

so nice lesmo..

 i really want to make friendship with people talk english, becouse i hope  to my dream become true, by the way i like that person that can speak this languge well…. so where r u dudesSmile

04:06 AM Dec 18 2007 |

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