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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

HELLO
Can you please tell me what is the difference in meaning between HANDOUT and HAND-OUT(HAND-OUTS)?
I try in the dictionary but I didn`t find the word hand-out.
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Top answer

There is no difference. "handout" is the usual spelling, but occasionally you might see it hyphenated. "handout/hand-out" is a noun.

— Mr Wordy

  • There is no difference.
  • "handout" is the usual spelling, but occasionally you might see it hyphenated.
  • "handout/hand-out" is a noun.
  • The verb is "hand out".
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There is no difference. "handout" is the usual spelling, but occasionally you might see it hyphenated.

"handout/hand-out" is a noun. The verb is "hand out".
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Hello again
Thank you for your answer.Please tell me what hand -out means.For example in this sentence:
The teacher must prepare a handout and an overhead on the reason the passive voice is used.
Here what is the meaning of handout and overhead?

Thank you
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A handout is a printed piece of paper that you give to the students.

An overhead is an older idea, and these days we'd probably say "A PowerPoint slide" but it means something that would be projected in front of the class on a screen that the class would look at together.

A handout can have a lot of information on it. An overhead (or slide) needs to have minimal information.
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A handout is a document or set of documents, copies of which the teacher hands out to the students. An overhead is a graphic representation of something drawn or printed on a clear plastic sheet; it can be shown to all the students simultaneously with an [url=
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