Re: I need some help!

Liz wrote:

As regards "workup," this would not get a hyphen because it's not used as an adjective.


There is absolutely no difference between "workup" and "followup," except one's older than the other and people got used to workup and they are now in the process of getting used to followup.

If a body thinks that he can justify workup but not followup, I defy them to tell me why.
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