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Highlight the words the author uses to make a pun in this passage.

"I thought you were the Weather Man," said Milo, very confused.

"Oh no," said the little man, "I'm the Whether Man, not the Weather Man, for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be."

—The Phantom Tollbooth,
Norton Juster

What is the point of this pun?

The man confuses Milo.
The man tells whether things happen, not the weather.
The man can predict the weather.
The man thinks weather is more important than anything else.

User Tonatio
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Answer:

im not sure but i think its The man confuses Milo

Step-by-step explanation:

Again not 100% sure

User C Hogg
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Answer:

The man tells whether things happen, not the weather.

Step-by-step explanation:

did it on edge

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