Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The ingenuity and intelligence of the counterfeiters especially with regard to product packaging, labeling, colours and logo often foxing the corporates themselves, make it difficult to distinguish the product from a genuine one.

  1. often foxing the corporates themselves, make it difficult to distinguish the product from a genuine one

  2. often foxing the corporates, make it difficult to distinguish the product from a genuine one

  3. often foxing the corporates and making it difficult to distinguish the product from a genuine one

  4. make it difficult to distinguish between the product with a genuine one often foxing the corporates themselves

  5. make it difficult to distinguish the product from a genuine one often foxing the corporates themselves
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E Correct answer
Explanation

What foxes the corporates? Surely, not the ingenuity and intelligence, or the packaging et el, but the 'difficulty to distinguish'.  This option makes it clear.

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