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A. Effective cohesion of a soil can never have a negative value
B. Effective angle of internal friction for coarse grained soils is rarely below 30°
C. Effective angle of internal friction for a soil increases as state of compact-ness increases
D. Effective angle of internal friction is a complicated function of mineralogy and clay size content
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