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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

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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.
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Similar question to practice will be : https://gmatclub.com/forum/increasing-d ... fl=similar
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High inflation if not followed by correspondingly increasing of lending rates lead to devaluation of currency.

A) if not followed by correspondingly increasing of lending rates lead

B) when not followed by increase in lending rates can correspondingly lead

C) if it is not correspondingly followed by increase in lending rates leads

D) if not followed by corresponding increase in lending rates can lead

E) not being followed by increase in corresponding lending rates can lead

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The Crux of argument is placement of word "corresponding"

In choice D -followed by corresponding
Correctly gives intended meaning

Also "can lead to" - signifies possibility wheich is intended in sentence

Answer is D

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Isn't "can" changing the original meaning of the question?
I know that "it" in letter C is unnecessary, although, does not change the meaning.
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Isn't "can" changing the original meaning of the question?
I know that "it" in letter C is unnecessary, although, does not change the meaning.


Hi MarcoCostaFilho2017

It in C doesn't change meaning but introducing "it" make redundancy in C which is not required

High inflation is necessary enough in C , no need to have "it" there

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Isn't "can" changing the original meaning of the question?
I know that "it" in letter C is unnecessary, although, does not change the meaning.


What makes you think "can" changes the meaning of the sentence? I would like to know the thought process, or what you thought the intended and the changed meanings are.

"it' is not just unnecessary, but the pronoun stops the sentence from being an actual sentence and just leaves it a fragment - a basic construction error that is surprisingly common in wrong answer choices on the GMAT.
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Isn't "can" changing the original meaning of the question?
I know that "it" in letter C is unnecessary, although, does not change the meaning.


What makes you think "can" changes the meaning of the sentence? I would like to know the thought process, or what you thought the intended and the changed meanings are.

"it' is not just unnecessary, but the pronoun stops the sentence from being an actual sentence and just leaves it a fragment - a basic construction error that is surprisingly common in wrong answer choices on the GMAT.


Sorry, but I still don't get it...

Doesn't "Can" creates a possibility of happening or not ? And in the original sentence says that devaluation will happen with a 100% sure if there is a high inflation?
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I think commas are missing. It would sound better if there were commas. , if not followed by something,
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