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What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?

For spring allergy sufferers, the botanical garden is as pleasant as a traffic jam.

A. The botanical garden is noisy and crowded.

B. The botanical garden is unpleasant for allergy
sufferers.​

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Answer:

B. The botanical garden is unpleasant for allergy sufferers.​

Step-by-step explanation:

Verbal irony is the is a situation whereby someone's statement made has a distinct meaning different from what was stated. It can be considered to be in same category with sarcasm.

In the situation mention above, it means that the botanical garden is unpleasant for allergy sufferers.

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