Do you think that English speakers find this as fascinating as foreigner
>do?
>
>Lovers of the English language might enjoy this......How do non-natives
>ever learn all the nuances of English???
>
>There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
>two-letter word, and that 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 a 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 and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the
>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 1/4 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 wets UP the earth.
>
>When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
>
>One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so ....
>
>Time to shut UP .....!
>
>Oh...one more thing:! What is the first thing you do in the morning & the
>last thing you do at night?
>
>U P
>
>So, don't mess UP .
>do?
>
>Lovers of the English language might enjoy this......How do non-natives
>ever learn all the nuances of English???
>
>There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
>two-letter word, and that 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 a 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 and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the
>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 1/4 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 wets UP the earth.
>
>When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
>
>One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so ....
>
>Time to shut UP .....!
>
>Oh...one more thing:! What is the first thing you do in the morning & the
>last thing you do at night?
>
>U P
>
>So, don't mess UP .
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