What kind of grammar is used in this sentences?
What kind of grammar was used in this sentence?
I cannot find out why "leading" was used?
Is this a adverb clause, which was reduced?
or a reduced adjective clause?

As towns gradually expanded, water was brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aqueducts.

Question

What kind of grammar is used in this sentences?
What kind of grammar was used in this sentence?
I cannot find out why "leading" was used?
Is this a adverb clause, which was reduced?
or a reduced adjective clause?

As towns gradually expanded, water was brought from increasingly remote sources, leading to sophisticated engineering efforts such as dams and aqueducts.

Answer

Hi Saeed, as I understand it in this sentence "leading to" = "which led to". Before looking it up, it struck me as meaning the exact same thing, but somehow carried greater immediacy. I looked it up and it's called the "Historic Present" https://www.thoughtco.com/historical-present-verb-tense-1690928#:~:text=In%20English%20grammar%2C%20the%20%22historical,present%2C%20and%20narrative%20present.%22

hope this helps.

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