mission vending Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Just ONE example of why English is SO difficult to learn . . . . . Think about it. 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 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 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorderJerry Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Up with up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinnJinn Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I honestly think Mission has way to much time on his hands to be able to come UP with something like this! But it is really neat though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snack dude Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Up with up! And I thought I was screwed up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEREMYTINA Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 And I thought I was screwed up I'm down with UP myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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