A Novice Lawyer Is About to Question Her First Witness

Multiple Choice

A novice lawyer is about to question her first witness.Before the trial begins,an experienced partner in the law firm tells the novice to choose her verbs carefully when asking questions.The partner's advice is:

A) based on the finding that memory can be influenced by the nature of a question
B) common sense for impressing the jury, but does not affect the nature of the witness's answers
C) of little value, since eyewitness reports are firmly set in memory and cannot be manipulated
D) based on the belief that juries and judges listen more critically to the words of a female lawyer