No such word as followup
Posted By: Horski on 2008-10-27
In Reply to: Follow up:followup: follow-up - Mandy
Subject: No such word as followup
Okay, that is a question more than a statement, thought it would get attention and responses that way - I'm bad. I have several people use followup, but that is not a word. It is not in Webster's or Dorland's. I use only follow up or follow-up, but I never do use followup as I couldn't find a word like it to tell me when to use it. What does anyone think of that?
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Use followup for noun and adjective forms (hyphenated is acceptable alternative)ie, the patient did not return for followup.
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Subject: Followup
I learned that if you can put an a or the in front of it it is followup (noun), if not then follow up (verb).
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Subject: followup vs follow up - sm please
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Subject: Followup when adjective..
As in, "schedule a followup visit."
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Subject: followup or follow up
The rule most places I've seen in followup for a noun and follow up or follow-up for a verb. Any official rules floating around out there? I work for 2 different companies and the editors do it different at each.
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Subject: help with followup follow up
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Subject: followup, follow up
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Subject: FOLLOWUP V. FOLLOW UP
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Subject: Follow up p.r.n. or followup p.r.n.
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Subject: follow up or followup
Is there a "rule" about when it is appropriate to use "follow up" versus "followup"?
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Subject: here's a followup...haha
On another post about this same thing someone named "MomMT" posted this tip. I hope it helps both of us.
"I learned that if you can put an a or the in front of it it is followup (noun), if not then follow up (verb). "
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I'm embarrassed to have to ask this, but as a heading, which is correct--followup, follow-up, or follow up?
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Subject: Your use of followup is correct in both instances.
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Subject: Followup versus follow up
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Subject: yes, thanx for the followup Patty! You rock!!
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Subject: Followup is noun; follow up is
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Subject: Followup when a noun, follow up when a verb, and
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Subject: Follow up is a verb. Followup is a noun.
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Please learn from your experience. Good feedback is worth quite a bit!
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Subject: hope you changed follow up to followup -nm
Rule of thumb for followup/follow up
A good rule of thumb I was taught in training for followup/follow up is if you can put "a" or "the" in front of followup, it is the noun form; otherwise it is the verb form. Ex.
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...will follow up. (You can't put "a" or "the" in front of follow up, it won't work.)
Anyway, just thought I would share something that has helped me tremendously as a newbie. 
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Subject: followup is a noun, follow up is a verb
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Subject: even AHDI in their BOS says to minimizw teh use of hyphens, so, also followup used as an adj, 1 word, no hyphen.nm
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Subject: even BOS states that follow-up is an acceptable version of followup. sm
Isn't it funny how this profession dwells on simple little things like this.
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