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Which situation is the best example of irony?A.A chef needs a spatula but can't find one anywhere.B.The president has 10 minutes to make a big decision.C.The sun shines only when characters do good deeds.D.A grammar textbook is full of sentence-level errors.

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Which situation is the best example of irony?A.A chef needs a spatula but can't find one anywhere.B.The president has 10 minutes to make a big decision.C.The sun shines only when characters do good deeds.D.A grammar textbook is full of sentence-level errors.

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The best example of irony in the given options is D. A grammar textbook is full of sentence-level errors. This is ironic because you would expect a grammar textbook to be free of any grammatical errors, as its purpose is to teach correct grammar.

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