Why is leading to be used instead of lead to in the sentence?

It doesn't matter if it translates as being leading to, or leading.

The key question is: this is the relationship between two adjacent verbs, count....Eventually, however, he was allowed to send a fax in which he informed him that he was counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot-thick façade outside the palace.

Clause in while bootstrapping.

The subject is omitted, and the complete sentence should be while he was counting the 1084 steps....

leading is a present participle.

The action happens before count, so use the ing form.

This is the grammatical point and the difficulty of learning English, that is, the problem of predicate verbs and non-predicate verbs, the main points are as follows:

1.A sentence usually has only one predicate verb, and the other verbs are processed as non-predicate verbs, i.e., present participles, gerunds, or infinitives.

2.The sentence you gave, leading to is the postposition of the present participle phrase as the 1084 steps. It is not a predicate verb, but a non-predicate verb, so it cannot be a primitive, but a participle.

Warm promotion: According to your current situation, you should figure out the relationship between sentence components and parts of speech, non-predicate verbs as soon as possible. That way, your learning efficiency will be greatly improved.

the 1084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall =the 1084 steps that/which led to the fifteen-foot wall

The original sentence uses leading to the fifteen-foot wall is the present participle phrase as a postposition definite, which is equivalent to a definite clause. In order to avoid too much repetition, the present participle phrase is used instead of the definite clause.

Difference Between Present Participle and Past Participle: Present Participle denotes active or progressive, and Past Participle table is passive or complete.

It should be:lead to doing; Leads to doing something。Slammed.

Because to is a preposition, a noun, a pronoun, and a gerund doing are added after it.

1.Key phrases:

lead toSend; Lead to; Arouse; To;

All roads lead to Rome; Different means to the same end; All roads lead to Rome; All roads lead to Rome;

lead to sth; Incur; leads to some kind of outcome;

lead to result in;

lead to the same result;

to lead to; Lead to; Arouse; Direction;

can lead to; It's okay to pass; Can cause; may cause;

Every roads lead to Rome;

lead to cancer;

2.Synonym phrases：result in、contribute to。

Example sentence:

in school, procrastination canlead to missing branchesdeadlines and lower marks, or worse.

In school, procrastination can lead to missed deadlines, low grades, or worse.

jealousy and anger usuallylead to doingthe wrong thing.

Jealousy and anger often lead to doing the wrong thing.

long working hours, high stress levels and lack of exerciselead to people getting

run-down and ill.

Long working hours, mental stress, and lack of exercise are the main factors that contribute to people's declining health and illness.

Hello, let me tell you the most correct answer :the

tourconductor

leadsusto

visitthebeautiful

scene.The tour guide led us to visit the beautiful scenery.

In the past, this kind of thing stopped ......