Identify any misspelled or dangling modifiers and rewrite each sentence correctly. Sparkling in the sunlight, Marcus looked at h
is new car. He spent 2 hours washing and waxing it, but all of the hard work was worth it. With a grin of appreciation, the car looked brand new. It had taken two jobs, nine months, and a lot of hard work but Marcus had been able to pay cash for his car. Grabbing the keys, the car was ready for a road trip. Marcus merely dried the car in ten minutes. It was time to hit the road.
Marcus looked at his new car sparkling under the sunlight.
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Marcus looked at his new car sparkling under the sunlight. It nearly took him two jobs, nine months and lots of hard work to pay for his new car. But, all his hard work was worth it. He spent two hours, washing and waxing it and he had a grin of appreciation look on his face because the car looked brand new.
It was not even ten minutes and the car was dried yet, but Marcus grabbed keys and decided to go on a road trip and hit the road.
William Marbury (November 7, 1762 – March 13, 1835) was a highly successful American businessman and one of the "Midnight Judges" appointed by United States President John Adams the day before he left office. He was the plaintiff in the landmark 1803 Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.
