Grammar Presentations

Most of these files were originally intended to supplement John Potter and Clare Vickers' Grammar Explained.

Can you bear not knowing what a bare infinitive is?

infinitive_ing_form.ppt
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speaking_or_writing_about_the_past.ppt
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conditionals.ppt
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comparison.ppt
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have_got.ppt
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plurals.ppt
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something_anything_nothing.ppt
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there_is_there_are.ppt
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use_of_articles.doc
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thou.doc
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This last download deals with  some English words (thou, thee, ye, thine, thy) which we no longer use in modern conversation.  You only need to know this if you are reading old books or poems and are very interested in grammar!

Tricky question

Can you spot the grammatical mistake in the paragraph above? It involves the use of relative pronouns.  

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