In addition to picking the right weight capacity the length of the hollow wall anchor is important because the bolt must extend beyond the wall so it can expand behind it.
Hanged on the wall.
After school she hung out in the library.
The exception comes where hang means to put to death by hanging the past tense and past participle of hang in this sense and only in this sense is hanged.
If you re hanging a heavy mirror on plaster without a stud your best bet is a hollow wall anchor such as a toggle bolt that expands and secures behind the plaster wall.
The murderer is going to be hung at dawn.
The salem witches were not burned.
In almost all situations you should use the word hung.
The murderer is going to be hanged at dawn.
You probably agree that there s a big difference between a painting being hung on the wall and someone being hanged.
I hung a picture of noah webster on the wall.
We hung your picture on the wall.
Hanged is used only when referring to the hanging of a person by the neck with the intention of killing him or her.
Justice wargrave ordered edward seton to be.
Hung is the past tense and past participle of hang in most of that verb s senses for instance yesterday you might have hung a picture on the wall hung a right turn and hung your head in sorrow.
Before you start hanging plates on a wall choose the plates platters bowls or other dishes you want to display and find a suitable location for them.
In all other cases hung is the past tense of hang.
Trace around each plate with a pencil.
We hanged your picture on the wall.
Use hanged when referring to a person being suspended by a rope around the neck until dead.
Put a large sheet of packing paper or kraft paper on a flat surface such as a floor or worktable and put the plates on it.
The standard rule for the past tense of hang is this.
Luckily we avoid the problem when speaking in the present tense.