Should we give up on our uppity English language?
DEAR RICHARD LEDERER: When and why did our language develop the habit of appending so many verbs with the word up? Here’s my little-more-than a partial list: Act, amp, bang, beat, blow, board, bottle, break, bring, brush, buck, buckle, build, burn, call, clam, clean, clog, close, cloud, clutter, come, conjure, cooped, crack, crank, creep, […]