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Why is A wrong here


we have had been ....and was laid in the chronological order
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Past participle of "hang" differs if the object is a person or a thing.

For thing: hang, hung, hung
For person: hang, hanged, hanged.

Eliminates A.


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Why is A wrong here


we have had been ....and was laid in the chronological order
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Interesting. I picked E, thinking "hanged" is the correct past-participle.

But what I didn't know ( thanks to haas ), hung is also past-participle for hang. Usage depends on the context.

Here is what I found from dictionary.com

[quote] Usage Note: Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang, is used in the sense of “to put to death by hanging,â€
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Why is A wrong here


we have had been ....and was laid in the chronological order


hey dude, take a relook at A once. Its "lied" not "laid" :-D
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(E) had been hanged, his body was laid

Needs hanged as person is the subject.

Past Participle "had been" is correct as two actions, one before the other in time.
First action : hanged
Second action : laid & disembowelled

Answer : E


Used identical logic. Haas is spot on these days..
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Why is A wrong here


we have had been ....and was laid in the chronological order

hey dude, take a relook at A once. Its "lied" not "laid" :-D


:-D Oops

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