Which one of the following statements accurately describes the legal relationship between the principle of caveat emptor ("buyer beware") and the effect on a sale-of-goods contract of the Sale of Goods Act?
A) Because caveat emptor applies to the quality of goods, the buyer's only protection is to examine them carefully and only accept them if he finds them to his liking.
B) The buyer must be particularly careful to make it an express term of the contract that he get good title to the goods.
C) The Act provides a number of implied contractual terms to supplement those expressed in the contract, and these implied terms override the principle of caveat emptor.
D) The sale of goods provisions with respect to fitness and quality always override a different stated intention in a contract for the sale of goods.
E) When there is a conflict between the principle of caveat emptor and the provisions of the Act, the principle prevails over the Act.
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