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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

An Amazing 2 Letter English Word

A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition.

 
UP


 
 


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, the earth soaks it UP.  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 your address book...or not...it's UP to you.
 

 
Now I'll shut UP!

18 comments:

  1. Never realized up was such an important word.

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    1. Neither did I, Sunny. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  2. Oh how do I wish I had read this when I was still teaching...
    hugs abby

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    1. This would be a great tool for the classroom, wouldn't it Abby. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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    1. Got that right, Rose. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  4. I love this post, Cat! Please don't shut UP. I like reading along. =)

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    1. Happy you enjoyed it, CB...thanks for the compliment. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  5. Hi Cat, never knew up was so important!
    love Jan, xx

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    1. Neither did I, Jan. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  6. Hi Cat, this is great, such a versatile and important little word. I agree,please don't shut UP :)

    Hugs
    Roz

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    1. Happy you enjoyed it, Roz and thanks for the compliment. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  7. Cat, I love word study! I once heard one like this on the usage of the profanity "F_CK." It was hilarious.

    Never Growing Up,
    Ella

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    1. Ooh Ella...would love to find the one for the use of F*CK...that would be great!

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  8. Cat, this was great, right up my street.
    Rosie xx

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    1. So happy you enjoyed it, Rosie. ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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  9. Hiya Cuz! :) Thanks for the "heads up" regarding the word "up"! Read this when I woke up this morning, before I got up. I was laughing so hard that I thought I that I had better pop up, before I woke Rob up too. Hope that your day is looking up, now that we all have upped the ante! :) Fun! Many hugs,

    <3 Katie tft

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    1. ROFLMBO! Loved how you upped the ante, Cuz! ;)

      Hugs and blessings...Cat

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