* Language that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep.
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 thelist, 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 thesilver, warmup 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 stirup 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. If you argue,you can kiss and make UP. And this UP is 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 inthe 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 UPis 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 comesout, 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, butI'll wrap it UP , for now . . . my time is UP ! Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morningand the last thing you do at night? wake up! close up! Did that one crack you UP ? [image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png]*[image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png][image: face-smile.png] * * ** *The Funny English Language* We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes. The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a whole set of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses not hice. If the plural of man is always called men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet, And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet? If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth, Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth? Then one may be that and three would be those, Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose, And the plural of cat is cats and not cose. We speak of a brother and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren. Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim. Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim. So English, I fancy you will all agree, Is the funniest language you ever did see. * * **** **** <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sometimeonthenet/join>*V a n a k k a m S u b b u* <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sometimeonthenet/join> * * *வாழிய செந்தமிழ்! வாழ்க நற்றமிழர்! **வாழிய பாரதமணித் திருநாடு!*
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