Lordandmaster
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Depends on the sense. The past tense of "hang" in the sense of "hang something from a hook," "hang a coat on a rack," and so on in, is "hung." The past tense of "hang" in the sense of "execute someone by hanging him or her with a noose around the neck" is "hanged." It's never correct to use "hung" where you should have "hanged," or "hanged" where you should have "hung." They're not interchangeable. quote:
ORIGINAL: SEVADom Also, my unabridged has both "hung" and "hanged" as past tense of "hang" (which I knew when I answered the question; I've had occasion to look it up in the past) -- so their "hanged" (as opposed to "Either A or B") is incorrect.
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