Are you UP for this ? ? ?
12-14-2005, 05:52 PM
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You lovers of the English language will 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 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 1/4th 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 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 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...
Time to shut UP ....
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 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 1/4th 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 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 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...
Time to shut UP ....
12-14-2005, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SFBimmer' post='211403' date='Dec 15 2005, 02:52 AM
You lovers of the English language will 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 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 1/4th 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 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 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...
Time to shut UP ....
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 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 1/4th 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 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 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...
Time to shut UP ....
12-14-2005, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SFBimmer' post='211403' date='Dec 14 2005, 08:52 PM
Time to shut UP ....
I would agree with that one
12-14-2005, 10:14 PM
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You know, I noticed this when i first started to learn english, i guess it's a bad habit, most of the sentences would mean exactly the same without the word UP.
write UP a report
brighten UP a room
warm UP the leftovers
call UP our friends
clean UP the kitchen
lock UP the house
fix UP the old car
think UP excuses
open UP
all these phrases can be used without the word UP and wouldn't change the meaning, why use them?
write UP a report
brighten UP a room
warm UP the leftovers
call UP our friends
clean UP the kitchen
lock UP the house
fix UP the old car
think UP excuses
open UP
all these phrases can be used without the word UP and wouldn't change the meaning, why use them?
12-15-2005, 07:03 AM
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what's up with all the up?
12-16-2005, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by MEX' post='211480' date='Dec 15 2005, 01:14 AM
You know, I noticed this when i first started to learn english, i guess it's a bad habit, most of the sentences would mean exactly the same without the word UP.
write UP a report
brighten UP a room
warm UP the leftovers
call UP our friends
clean UP the kitchen
lock UP the house
fix UP the old car
think UP excuses
open UP
all these phrases can be used without the word UP and wouldn't change the meaning, why use them?
write UP a report
brighten UP a room
warm UP the leftovers
call UP our friends
clean UP the kitchen
lock UP the house
fix UP the old car
think UP excuses
open UP
all these phrases can be used without the word UP and wouldn't change the meaning, why use them?
12-17-2005, 11:32 AM
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Now, There;s also a sentence or should I say a phrase that starts with UP... like,
UP yours!!
UP yours!!