What does it show when a speaker qualifies an opinion?
a. it shows that the speaker is using an ad hominem attack.
b. it shows that the speaker is using circular reasoning.
c. it shows that the speaker does not understand the issue.
d. it shows that the speaker partially agrees with both sides of an issue.

Read the passage below and answer the question. somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. in the excerpt above, the phrase "stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning" suggests that despite the heat, men still dressed up the men in the town were vain men's clothing appeared its best on hot days the men were not accustomed to wearing nice clothes