Read the sentence below: The gardener enjoyed leafing through landscaping magazines. Which correctly explains the pun in this se
ntence and the word or words on which it is built? Enjoyed—a gardener has little time for pleasure Leafing—a gardener tends plants that have leaves Landscaping—a gardener cannot be considered a landscaper Magazines—a gardener has little time for reading magazines
A landscape can be Urban as well, but plants do tend to have leafs. It's a noticeably odd choice of words and it has a purpose. There's no pun in the use of the words "Enjoy" and "Magazine". But the word leaf can mean two things that relate to the gardener and his action in the excerpt:
<em>"a flattened structure of a higher plant, typically green and blade-like, that is attached to a stem directly or via a stalk"</em>
or
<em>"turn over (the pages of a book or the papers in a pile), reading them quickly or casually"</em>
Because the co-workers Rita kept her eyes on her work and never said much. Laura concluded that Rita wasn't very smart. When a new procedure was introduced on their floor, Laura made several errors. Rita showed her a simple way to remember each step.
