Multiple choice

Respondents blamed this year's sluggish retail sales on unexciting merchandise as well as the weather, hotter and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed sales of beverages and apparel.

  1. hotter and wetter than was usual in some regions, which slowed

  2. which was hotter and wetter than usual in some regions, slowing

  3. since it was hotter and wetter than usually in some regions, which slowed

  4. being hotter and wetter than usually in some regions, slowing

  5. having been hotter and wetter than was usual in some regions and slowed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (2) is the correct answer as 'which' is used for weather and 'slowing' is used as a construct parallel to unexciting used in the preceding clause. Hence (2).

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