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This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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Example wrong choices

  • 21545_grain-elevator-repeat · EVIDENCE · Choice AOverrule the objection unless Barnabas changes his answer.

    Why it's attractive

    Bolts a 'unless he changes his answer' condition the control rule does not have.

    Why it's wrong

    Bolts a 'unless he changes his answer' condition the control rule does not have.

  • 21545_grain-elevator-repeat · EVIDENCE · Choice COverrule the objection because a party may repeat any relevant question.

    Why it's attractive

    'May repeat any relevant question' — 'any' overstates; relevance gets a question asked, not repeated without limit.

    Why it's wrong

    'May repeat any relevant question' — 'any' overstates; relevance gets a question asked, not repeated without limit.

  • 21545_grain-elevator-repeat · EVIDENCE · Choice DSustain the objection only if the repeated question is also hearsay.

    Why it's attractive

    Conditions the ruling on hearsay, a doctrine not in play; asked-and-answered stands on its own.

    Why it's wrong

    Conditions the ruling on hearsay, a doctrine not in play; asked-and-answered stands on its own.

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