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To: Monkey Face; Irish_Thatcherite; All

Grammar question.

Is this statement correct:

The man was hanged.

or

The man was hung.


1,736 posted on 03/09/2006 1:26:27 PM PST by fanfan ( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
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To: fanfan

Depends on the context.


1,738 posted on 03/09/2006 1:28:54 PM PST by Tax-chick (Death is perishable. Faith is eternal.)
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To: fanfan

I'm from Utah, and you're asking me if the man was hung???

*snort*


1,739 posted on 03/09/2006 1:29:38 PM PST by Monkey Face (A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way. Mark Twain.)
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To: fanfan

I think 'hanged'.


1,741 posted on 03/09/2006 1:30:48 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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