標題: with the regular previous participle 'hanged [打印本頁] 作者: jbfaehpm 時間: 2016-4-22 00:59 標題: with the regular previous participle 'hanged
THERE are two verbs 'to hang:' (1) intransitive, with the irregular Louis Vuitton New Zealand Crash past participle 'hung,' derived from the Anglo Saxon hangian, akin to the intransitive German hangen, which also has the irregular past participle gehangen. So we say 'I hang on the gibbet' (present) plus 'I hung on the gibbet' (past); plus (2) transitive, with the regular previous participle 'hanged,' derived from the Old Norse hanga, corresponding to the transitive German hangen, which has a normal past participle gehangt. So we say 'I hang up Timberland Auckland New Zealand you on the gibbet' (present) in addition to 'I hanged you on the gibbet' (beyond). 'He was hanged' is the passive style of '(someone) hanged him,' ie, of your transitive verb and is Air Max Nz.html correct. 'He was hung' is wrong but 'He strung Louis Vuitton Bags Australia (on the gibbet)' is OK. I(The decorations) were hung on the Christmas tree' is correct but pedantic: '. were hung .' would sound correct currently but Free Run Nike is wrong; Wi. hung . . .' is correct but means something different. Shakespeare put it more simply, but incorrectly: 'Beef, sir, is hung, men are hanged.I C J Squire, Twickenham.I'M Hung if I agree completely along with C J Squire. He is up to a point. In modern English language, the irregular (strong) kind of the verb 'to hang' is equally correct, whether used transitively or intransitively. The regular (weak) form 'hanged' (past tight and past participle) is old except when used to summarize capital punishment. Brian Davenport, Blackburn, Lancs.H J SQUIRE gives the impression of being unsure of the difference between a past participle as well as the past tense. He informs us the past participle 'hung' is derived from the Anglo Saxon 'hangian', which is difficult to see, and then he proceeds to give Cheap Oakley Sunglasses Online an example of the application of this past participle, 'I hung on the gibbet', as an alternative to 'I have hung on the gibbet'. His or her examples, anyway, are preposterous. Has anyone ever had occasion to say 'I hang on the gibbet', 'I Timberland New Zealand hung on the gibbet', 'I hang you on your gibbet', or 'I hanged you on the particular gibbet'? If C J Squire is really a teacher of languages (heaven forbid!), I hope he will have the ability to give more useful cases. (Mrs) M M Varley, Lutterworth, Leics.THREE families of people are hung: juries, parliaments and male Americans (either Polo Shirts.html well or even badly). Peter Mellor, City University or college, London EC1.
