Hanged On The Wall

The standard rule for the past tense of hang is this.

Hanged on the wall.

In almost all situations you should use the word hung. I hung a picture of noah webster on the wall. Before you start hanging plates on a wall choose the plates platters bowls or other dishes you want to display and find a suitable location for them. Trace around each plate with a pencil.

Justice wargrave ordered edward seton to be. Use hanged when referring to a person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead. Hung is the past tense and past participle of hang in most of that verb s senses for instance yesterday you might have hung a picture on the wall hung a right turn and hung your head in sorrow. The murderer is going to be hanged at dawn.

If you re hanging a heavy mirror on plaster without a stud your best bet is a hollow wall anchor such as a toggle bolt that expands and secures behind the plaster wall. The murderer is going to be hung at dawn. The salem witches were not burned. The picture hangs in the gallery.

You probably agree that there s a big difference between a painting being hung on the wall and someone being hanged. The exception comes where hang means to put to death by hanging the past tense and past participle of hang in this sense and only in this sense is hanged. We hung your picture on the wall. In some countries they still hang criminals.

We hanged your picture on the wall. After school she hung out in the library. In addition to picking the right weight capacity the length of the hollow wall anchor is important because the bolt must extend beyond the wall so it can expand behind it. Luckily we avoid the problem when speaking in the present tense.

Put a large sheet of packing paper or kraft paper on a flat surface such as a floor or worktable and put the plates on it.