Before revision: Whether a statement is interpreted as an accusation relies on the social environment in which it is made:Peter Tiersma, Lawrence Solan, The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (2012), p. 291.
After revision: Whether a statement is interpreted as an accusation may rely on the social environment in which it is made:Peter Tiersma, Lawrence Solan, The Oxford Handbook of Language and Law (2012), p. 291.