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Your uncle is a prosecuting attorney who is considering using a young child as a witness in an upcoming trial, but he is concerned about the reliability of a child's testimony. What suggestions could you give him about how to improve the likelihood that his child witness's testimony will accurately reflect what he actually saw?


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A recognized or typical format for presenting arguments or expressing certain types of information.

Proposition

A statement in logic that expresses a judgment or opinion and can be either true or false.

Disjunctive Proposition

A statement formed by combining two or more propositions with the word "or," indicating that at least one of the propositions is true.

Hypothetical Proposition

A statement that suggests a possible situation or condition for further reasoning or speculation.

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