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Question 104

Which sentence uses the verb hang correctly, given its separate object and execution senses?

  1. The washing was hanged out to dry in the yard.
  2. She hung her coat on the hook by the door.Correct answer
  3. The pirates were hung from the yardarm at dawn.

Explanation

Everyday suspension uses hang — hung — hung, so a coat put on a hook was hung there. Washing on a line is the same ordinary sense and needs hung as well, while careful English reserves hanged for putting a person to death — the pirates sentence describes exactly that, so the prescribed form there is hanged, even though hung is often heard in that sense.

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