In awarding damages for breach of contract
A) the plaintiff should be, to the extent possible, placed in the same position as he was prior to the agreement being made.
B) the plaintiff should only be entitled to compensation for specific and calculable costs and expenses.
C) the defendant should be, to the extent possible, punished for the breach in order to deter him from repeating this course of behaviour.
D) the defendant should only be required to pay what he can reasonably afford.
E) the plaintiff should be, to the extent possible, placed in the same position as he would have been if the contract had been performed.

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The principle of damages for breach of contract is to put the innocent party in the same financial position as if the contract had been performed. This is known as the expectation measure of damages. Therefore, the best choice is E, which states that the plaintiff should be placed in the same position as he would have been if the contract had been performed. The other options are not correct as they do not align with the principle of compensating the innocent party for the losses suffered due to the breach of contract.

In Awarding Damages for Breach of Contract