Whoever said English was easy?

 

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 !

 

 

 
Don't screw UP.

Send this on to everyone

you look UP in your

address book..   
  

 Now 
I'll shut UP

 

  

 

Have a GREAT Day!

 

Life is short  ... forgive quickly, love truly, 

laugh uncontrollably... 

and never regret anything that made you smile.