I NEVER
HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT UP LIKE THIS BEFORE. AMAZING REALLY.
Just
ONE example of why English is SO difficult to learn . . . . .
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
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 stopped
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
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 awhile, things
dry
UP.
One
could go on &
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 & 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
------------- De Past Matron New Hope Ch. #117 OES PWHP Palm Shrine No.32 now Alchor #27 WSOJ Y.B.Y.S.A.I.A.
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