*Playing UP with words *
*Very interesting -- you think English is easy??? * > > *Lovers of the English language might enjoy this. > > There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other > two-letter word, * > > *and that 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 UPfor > election and why is it > UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? * > > *We call** UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UPthe > silver, we warm > UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some > guys fix UP the old car . At other times the 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 the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized > dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th 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 UPis > used. It will takeUPa 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 wets the earth and often messes things **UP ...* > > *When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry** UP .* > > *One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP, > so......... it is time for me to shut UP .! * > > > ** > *Oh . . . one more thing: * > > *What is the first thing you do in the morning the last thing you do at > night? * > *Hope some one will not say SHUT UP* > > > * > cnu.pne > > * > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thatha_patty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
