[Grammar] Correction of Sentences

[dharanija]

" Why have you hanged the clothes on the line outside? "

What is wrong with the above sentence...

 

[SoothingDave]

What's the past tense of "hang"?

 

[emsr2d2]

"Why have you hanged the clothes on the line outside?"

What is wrong with the above sentence?

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[sergeyrais]

Meat is hung, but men are hanged.

 

[5jj]

Meat is hung, but men are hanged.

Your desire to help is appreciated, sergeyrais, but SoothingDave had given dharanija the chance to work something out for himself. Please leave a little time for this before giving the answer.

 

[sergeyrais]

What's the past tense of "hang"?

I'd say "What's the Past Participle of "hang"?"

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd say "What's the Past Participle of "hang"?"

I'm really not sure what your point was with this post. Soothing Dave's post (#2) was meant as a hint to help the original poster to work out the answer.

 

[Barb_D]

Except that the original does require the participle, not the simple past.
You hung it? Why did you hang it?
But
You have ___ it? Why have you ____ it?

 

[dharanija]

thank you.i could get the answer.The correct answer is hung.Why have you hung the clothes?

 

[Chicken Sandwich]

thank you.i could get the answer.The correct answer is hung.Why have you hung the clothes?

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