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Wangqh2696122 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hanging vs hung

Which of the following is correct? If both are correct, what's the difference?

The coat hung on the chair is mine.

The coat hanging on the chair is mine.

  

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wangqh2696122 The coat hung on the chair is mine. The coat hanging on the chair is mine. They're both correct.

— Avangi

  • wangqh2696122 The coat hung on the chair is mine.
  • The coat hanging on the chair is mine.
  • They're both correct.
  • The meanings are basically the same.
  • I believe the first one has what Dimsumexpress would call a passive implication.
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wangqh2696122The coat hung on the chair is mine.
The coat hanging on the chair is mine.
They're both correct.
The meanings are basically the same.

I believe the first one has what Dimsumexpress would call a passive implication.
It uses the past participle as an adjective, but an actor is implied. Someone hung it there.

The
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Both seem okay to me. I cannot detect any real difference in meaning. Both sentences contain a clause equivalent:

The coat [that/which is hung/has been] hung on the chair is mine.
The coat [which/that is] hanging on the chair is mine.

CB
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Avangi, you're the fastest man in the west!Emotion: smile
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AvangiHey, which one of you guys drank my beer?
It wasn't me! I left home the bar right after my last post and didn't come back till two minutes ago. [A]

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Hi,
A comment from the slowest man in the West. Emotion: smile
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