A promising new product hopes to end the all too common heatstroke trend. It is called a thermometer pill.
What is the connotative effect of the word promising in paragraph one?

A) It suggests that any hope that these pills will help athletes in the future is probably misguided and untrustworthy.


B) It suggests that the author seriously doubts whether the thermometer pill can keep all the promises it claims to make.


C) It suggests that the author is hopeful about and believes that the thermometer pill will help reduce athlete deaths due to heatstroke.


D) It suggests that the author casts a critical eye toward these exspensive thermometer pills and doesn't believe that they'll be effective.