English help please

[pez]

The word HANG. Please tell me if I'm using it wrongly:

1) To hang a painting | The painting hung on the wall | The painting has been hung
2) To hang up on someone | I hung up on someone | I've hung up on someone
3) To hang a murderer | The murderer was hanged | The murderer has been hanged
4) To hang around for a while | I hung around for a while | I've hung around for a while

And please don't tell me the British and Americans use the word differently. My brain can't cope.

Comments

[impressioniste.livejournal.com]

That looks proper to me.

[akina-love.livejournal.com]

That's how I use them.

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

I agree with every one of those.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I wasn't too sure about the hung vs hanged bit!

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Yay! :DD Thanks!

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Cool! :D

[strawberryjoy.livejournal.com]

have you seen this?

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't. That's very very useful - thanks! *bookmarks*

[seraphim-grace.livejournal.com]

one note, hang can be reflexive, so the past tense in the second one is I've been hung up on you

they're called virtuous errors, you know, when you apply a rule to something that the rule doesn't apply to
everyone does them

[eames.livejournal.com]

I think, in this case, Pez means in the sense of using the telephone, not being fixated with someone. So while your rule may be correct in that usage, for the one Pez has used as an example, hers is right.

[xiu]

Looks right to me :D

Though I don't think I'll ever understand why it's 'hanged' and not 'hung' for like "OFF TO THE GALLOWS WITH YOU" >>

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

:D

Same here. But there are many things I don't understand. Such as why I'm writing pr0n at work and why this pr0n scene is turning out to be so LONG.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I meant. ♥

[xiu]

8D

Remind me to icon chibi!Yuki watering Sanada's hat and the flower growing from it.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

8D

*also reminds you of that fanboy!Yukimura fic*

[xiu]

>)

One day, one day. I'm working on it. Sort of. Waiting for some sort of plot to hit me. XD

[strawberryjoy.livejournal.com]

Apparently 'hanged' was always the correct version but it went out of use . Also, 'he was really well hanged' would change the entire meaning of the sentence.

[xiu]

I know but... 'hanged' just sounds weird XD *blames England?*