I'm sure you will enjoy this. I never knew
one word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.
“UP”
Read until the end ... you'll laugh.
This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter
word, and that word is ‘UP.' It is listed in
the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the
sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we
wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we
speak UP, and why are the
officers UP for election (if there is a tie, it
is a toss UP) and why is it UP to the secretary to
write UP a report? We
call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver,
warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We
lock UP the house and fix UP the old
car.
At
other times, this little word has real special meaning. People
stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets,
work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is
special.
And this UP is confusing: A
drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP.
We open UP a store in the
morning but we close it UP
at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In
a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page
and can add UP to about thirty
definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try
building UP a list of the
many ways UP is used. It will
take UP a lot of your time, but if you
don't give UP, you may wind UP with (UP to) a hundred or
more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes
out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it
soaks UP the earth. When it
does not rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on
and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my
time is UP!
Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the
last thing you do at night?
U
P!
Did that one crack you UP?
Don't screw UP.. Send this on to
everyone you look UP in your address
book . . . or not . . . it's UP to you.
Now I'll shut UP
Sent in by Linda
