UP

I'm sure you will enjoy this. I never knew one word in the  English language

that can be a noun, verb, adj, adv,  prep.

UP

Be  sure to 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 the list, but

when we awaken  in the morning, why do we wakeUP?
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 itUP 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 and 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  and the last

thing you do at night?

U
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Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP.  Send this on to everyone you look UP in youraddress  book . . . or not . . . it's UP to  you.
Now  I'll shut UP!