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The Amazing Word "Up"

9/13/2018

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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 !   
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    Cheryl Posey is a licensed and nationally certified speech/language pathologist.   She specializes in accent reduction and communication skills training and provides useful tips and suggestions to help you improve your spoken English and reduce your accent with articles from Speaking Your Best's blog.  Subscribe today so that you don't miss any articles!

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