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The third option, set up, follows the rule of many adjectives where the addition of a preposition gives it a more precise meaning.
‘Sue Ridge Plumbers’ was set up a few years ago and has regular clients.
Adjective? Preposition? Nuh-unh. It's a phrasal verb:
Set up your business in less than three months with BizWhiz®, the small business setup software.
As for the tennis player, they're up a set. It's not an example of the term set up; it's just two words next to each other in a sentence. One could just as well say:
a tennis player may at some point in a match be up a set.
Other than that, I'll go along with the first two points. I have seen increasing use of the single word, unhypenated form in this and other words of this type (e.g., backup/back up) as the verb, even to the point of being past-tensed as, e.g., backuped.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted setup vs. set-up belligerentyouth 07/26/05 09:53 AM Re: setup vs. set-up Faldage 07/26/05 10:46 AM Re: setup vs. set-up AnnaStrophic 07/26/05 11:29 AM backuped Churl Pat 07/26/05 11:29 AM Re: backuped Zed 07/26/05 06:55 PM Re: setup vs. set-up belligerentyouth 07/26/05 11:33 AM Re: setup vs. set-up nancyk 07/26/05 01:30 PM
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