Nathan is the owner of a small drapery manufacturing business.He has a written contract with a fabric supplier,but some aspects of their agreement were never put into the written document.Why will Nathan have difficulty enforcing the verbal aspects of their agreement?
A) because the parol evidence rule forbids outside evidence as to the terms of the contract when the written contract is clear
B) because verbal promises cannot form the basis of contractual obligations
C) because the contra proferentum rule will result in a court rejecting the verbal terms of the agreement
D) because the court cannot imply terms into a contract

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The parol evidence rule generally prohibits the introduction of evidence outside of the written contract when the document is intended to be a complete and final representation of the parties' agreement. This makes it difficult to enforce verbal agreements that were not included in the written contract.

Nathan Is the Owner of a Small Drapery Manufacturing Business