In the following question, a part of the sentence has been given in bold. Below the sentence, three possible replacements for the bold part are given as (

• I , (I
• I , and (II
• I . Choose the option that represents the phrase(s) which CANNOT replace the bold part grammatically and/or contextually. Realising that the rival firm was spreading misleading claims about its product, the company decided to fight fire with fire by launching an aggressive fact-based campaign of its own. (
• I respond to the rival’s tactics with equally forceful countermeasures (I
• I counter an aggressive strategy by using a similarly strong approach (II
• I avoid confrontation by withdrawing completely from the market