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Grammar: Misplaced Modifiers
Edit the following sentences to correct any misplaced modifiers. If a sentence is acceptable as written, circle its number.
1. R. Buckminster Fuller developed during his career as an architect and engineer some of the most important design innovations of the twentieth century
2. Fuller, a weak student, was expelled from Harvard.
3. Fuller resolved to dedicate his life to improving people's lives after suffering from a period of severe depression at the age of 32.
4. Fuller intended his efficient designs to not waste precious resources.
5. Those who doubted Fuller often were proved wrong.
6. Fuller is known as the inventor of the geodesic dome to most people today.
7. The geodesic dome is a spherical structure that is both lightweight and economical, which Fuller developed in the late 1940s.
8. Today there are more than 300,000 domes around the world based on Fuller's designs.
9. His contention that wind generators on high voltage transmission towers could supply much of the electricity the United States needs, policy makers have largely ignored.
10. His twenty eight books have sold more than a million copies, in which he wrote about a range of social, political, cultural, and economic issues.