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RazorbackExpat

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29. I can't get over how simple past is used for past participle

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 01:02 PM

Nov 2025

and vice versa. My 3rd grade teacher always cringed when she heard the country boys talking like that.

Or when people over use reflexive pronouns, or mix up pronoun cases, like using subjective case pronouns when there are multiple objects, or vice versa

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DUers please help me out [View all] malaise Nov 2025 OP

Objects are "hung." People are "hanged." You are correct. hlthe2b Nov 2025 #1

Nope...A person can be hung. llmart Nov 2025 #26

According to TSF, so was Arnold Palmer.... Sogo Nov 2025 #28

Yeah.. but someone already beat you (BEAT YOU) to that alternate... hlthe2b Nov 2025 #32

If one says someone is hung, that is a compliment, not a death sentence. tblue37 Nov 2025 #2

Bwaaaaah malaise Nov 2025 #3

oh dear gawd i didnt even think of that! samnsara Nov 2025 #7

Am I bad because I did think of that? llmart Nov 2025 #24

I'm hanging my head in embarrassment! (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2025 #16

I retain use of 'hanged' EYESORE 9001 Nov 2025 #4

The British media is not immune to getting things wrong in English muriel_volestrangler Nov 2025 #5

Sounds like my mother malaise Nov 2025 #15

people are hanged samnsara Nov 2025 #6

sticked? (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2025 #17

I had Miss Horn in eighth grade. Tom Dyer Nov 2025 #8

I'm on the language spectrum. multigraincracker Nov 2025 #9

The only people who are hung SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2025 #10

;-{) hanged/hung Goonch Nov 2025 #11

I'm with you on this, and I also can't get over how "snuck" Tanuki Nov 2025 #12

I can't get over how simple past is used for past participle RazorbackExpat Nov 2025 #29

K&R spanone Nov 2025 #13

I had a long conversation with my high school English teacher PJMcK Nov 2025 #14

In journalism, people are hanged. In real life, some men are hung.... allegorical oracle Nov 2025 #18

You are correct. I stick by this rule, but it still sounds awkward to me. Lucky Luciano Nov 2025 #19

I always thought it was hanged, as in 'hanged by the neck until dead.' n/t PatrickforB Nov 2025 #20

"They said you was hung!" JoseBalow Nov 2025 #21

You win the thread malaise Nov 2025 #30

I'd like to help you out. Which way did you come in? usonian Nov 2025 #22

Do you hang up a phone or hung it up?? madinmaryland Nov 2025 #23

The usage is changing... Happy Hoosier Nov 2025 #25

Good point malaise Nov 2025 #31

Things change ForgedCrank Nov 2025 #27

WTH does "finna" mean? 3catwoman3 Nov 2025 #35

Well, based ForgedCrank Nov 2025 #38

It's an elision of "fixing to, " Tanuki Nov 2025 #40

You're right. And don't get me started on "with he and I." Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #33

"Hanged" is correct, but it's not like today's fascist friendly media is known for their intelligence. W_HAMILTON Nov 2025 #34

"They was right" TheProle Nov 2025 #36

Bwaaaaah - Hahaha malaise Nov 2025 #37

Humans are hanged, not hung obamanut2012 Nov 2025 #39