akshata19
If someone could help here
May be the question is silly
1.) High inflation 'leads' to...
2.) High inflation can 'lead' to..
In 1 we know singular noun singular verb
In 2 singular noun but plural verb 'lead' ? Why
What is rule with 'can' and a verb
Hi akshata19, I would be happy to helpout here
1.) High inflation 'leads' to... - stated in simple present produces the information as a fact that High inflation "always" 'leads' to... something
2.) High inflation can 'lead' to.. - Now there are 2 things worth to note here, firstly, using "can" shows the ability that High inflation has the ability to 'lead' to... something
e.g I can speak English means "I am able to speak English" or "I know how to speak English"
secondly,
can is one of the modal verbs, distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participle or infinitive forms) and by the fact that they do not take the ending -(e)s in the third-person singular. The other modal verbs are can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will and would.