[BITList] Fwd: [vsdh] FW: The Definitions of UP

[Michael Feltham]

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From: Michael Feltham <mj.feltham at madasafish.com>
Date: 19 August 2009 11:19:32 BST
To: Michael Feltham <mj.feltham at madasafish.com>
Subject: Fwd: [vsdh] FW: The Definitions of UP



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From: jack jacob
Subject: [vsdh] FW: The Definitions of UP


  HI  .. UP. !  ..JFRJ






Subject: : The Definitions of UP
















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Lovers of the English language might enjoy this. It is yet another  
example of why people learning English have trouble with the  
language.  Learning the nuances of English makes it a difficult  
language. (But then, that's probably true of many languages.)


There is a two-letter word in English that perhaps has more meanings  
than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.'  It is listed  
in the dictionary as being used 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 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 a 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 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

Send this on to everyone you look up in your address book.




















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