Multiple choice

Although many art patrons can readily differentiate a good debenture from an undesirable one, they are much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and fakes.

  1. much less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and

  2. far less expert in distinguishing good paintings from poor ones, authentic art from

  3. much less expert when it comes to distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art from

  4. far less expert in distinguishing good paintings and poor ones, authentic art and

  5. far less the expert when it comes to distinguishing between good painting, poor ones, authentic art, and

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires parallel structure for the comparisons. Using 'from' consistently (distinguishing X from Y) is grammatically superior to mixing 'and' and 'from'.