Identify the verbal irony or pun in the sentence and explain its meaning.

His friend none the wiser, Tom surveyed the results of his whitewashing.

None the wiser is a pun and it means failing to understand.

Explanation: Since it says none the wiser it is a pun and means that his friends misunderstood Tom Sawyer.

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the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.