Discern false modesty from the genuine (one)?

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As she was not good at discerning false modesty from the genuine (one), people would easily take advantage of her credulousness.

In order to sound correct and natural, is one necessary? Or should I just repeat modesty?
Edit: Is it possible to say it in a different order:

As she was not good at discerning genuine modesty from false, people would easily take advantage of her credulousness.

chasly - supports Monica · Accepted Answer

I see that people have answered in the comments (naughty!). I'll answer the way I was going to anyway.
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She was not good at discerning false modesty from  genuine.  (genuine is an adjective so does not take an article)
or
She was not good at discerning false modesty from the genuine sort. (sort is a noun and so takes an article)

Discern false modesty from the genuine (one)?

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