Whats up- you'll find this interesting
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 and on, but I'll wrap it
UP, for now . . . my time is
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!