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that Vs Who-----who is correct for batsman(people)
D is correct.
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The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.

A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political asylum there.

here "for investigating" is not correct.
The correct usage is "to investigate".
Therefore, B and E are out.
In C "having fled" is not correct.
We need "who" to refer to person and not "That"
Therefore the correct answer is D

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The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.

A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political asylum there.

A. that cannot modify batsman.
B. to investigate>>for investigating. Infinitive implies intent which is correct here!.
C. "having" usage is wrong. See below for detail. Also tenses are screwed up.
D. Correct.
E. Same error as B.

Problem with having.
"having" generally implies cause of something that happens.
For example.
Having scored a bad GPA, I could not get admitted to any of the ivy leagues.
Having fled from China, the fugitive escaped the clutches of the hostile governemnt.
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what is the difference between to investigate and for investigating. When should you one or the other ?
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what is the difference between to investigate and for investigating. When should you one or the other ?
Can some body explain
Hi ...

the difference is :-

I am going for further investigation on a case ( I am leaving the place for some reason /investigation)without object sentence can stand /object is weak
I am going to investigating further ( I am leaving the place for some reason /investigation)) without object sentence can stand
I am going to investigate ----> on what -- > on a case
So I am going to investigate on this case (without object sentence cannot stand,if you write without object ,there will be pending Q -> what r going to investigate)




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The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.

A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political asylum there.


my answer is D ..

why Not A :- wrong uses of That, After that "fled " is used ,so "applied" is good to use rather " has subsequently applied"

why Not B : - for investigating

why Not C :- main thing :- we cannot say applying is verb here ;so after and SV missing . second Having fled use is unnecessary


why Not E :- is applying doesnot fit ; already fled and already appllied
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I am still not able to understand. Can somebody explain me more please. I got the answer right.

its good that you got right answer.it means you know the concept in practice .

if you know this

For :- possessive

To :- separation

second thing we prefer infinitive ( to + verb ),because it has more clarity .

last thing after for there should be Noun / Gerund , not verb


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The Cricket Board has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.

A. to investigate the case of the missing batsman that fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and has subsequently applied for political asylum there.
B. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
C. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, having fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applying for political asylum there.
D. to investigate the case of the missing batsman, who fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and subsequently applied for political asylum there.
E. for investigating the case of the missing batsman, who has fled the team hotel in Amsterdam to go to London and is subsequently applying for political asylum there.

to investigate is better than for investigating ==> A, C, D remain.
D is correct:
* the batsman ==> "who" is correct.
* Parallel: fled the team...... and applied for.......
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to investigate seems to be the better option and fled and applied maintains ||'sm
Plus who modifies correctly the batsman so D
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