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Exercise 18-Dangling modifiers

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2. Because Jefferson was a remarkably skillful writer, a colleague in the Continental Congress readily nominated him to draft the Declaration of Independence.

4. Jefferson retired to Monticello in 1809 after two terms as president and occupied much of his time with the new University of Virginia.



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