HHere is an another example of English and its new nuances, oddities and
usage.
One word in the English language that could be a
noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition is "UP".
This two-letter word in the English language has
more meaning than any other two-letter word. The word is, *'UP'*.
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* can be 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 awhile, things dry *UP*.
In school we would taught
public speaking. The formula was brief and to the point, stand *UP*, speak
*UP*, shut *UP*!
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it *UP*, for
now...... my time is *UP*!
So, did this whole thing, crack you *UP*?