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yes check-up should be hyphenated
"Fired up" is one of those phrases that is hyphenated when it is used as a modifier preceding whatever it is modifying, but not hyphenated when it is used as a predicate adjective. For example, if you say "Everyone was fired up about the new project", "fired up" is a predicate adjective and not hyphenated. However, if you refer to someone's "fired-up speech", "fired-up" is a modifier that precedes "speech" and is therefore hyphenated. Using "fired up" as a predicate adjective is more common.
followup This word spelled as is does not come up on Answers.com spell check. Followup is not hyphenated.
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does write up need a hyphen
yes
Yes, "to-date" is hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun (e.g. up-to-date information) or as an adverb following a verb (e.g. the report is up to date).
The homophones (sound-alike words) are:grown - adult, or made to growgroan - moaning noise, from pain, despair, or displeasure; to make this noise
The term mix-up (noun) is usually hyphenated.
It is not hyphenated.
Some examples of hyphenated words beginning with "a" include: anti-inflammatory cross-reference self-esteem up-to-date