This is a little long...but it's worth reading all the way because the
punch line is funny...Now don't go peeking at the end...read the whole
thing :)
> I'm sure you will enjoy this. Here is one word in the
English language that can be a Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb,
Preposition.
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> UP
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> 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].
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> 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?
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> At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP,
and why are the Political 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.
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> 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.
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> To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.
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> And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because
it is stopped UP.
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> We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at
night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in
the morning and the last thing you do at night ?
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> Did that one crack you UP?
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> Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in
your address book . . . or not ... . . it's UP to you.
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> Now I'll shut UP!
