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Read the sentence:

Spouting plumes of water through their trunks, the children giggled at the elephants.
Which of the following best correct the dangling modifier?

A: Spouting plumes of water through their trunks, Maria and Marco giggled at the elephants.
B: The elephants spouting plumes of water through their trunks, the children giggled at them
C: The children spouted plumes of water through their trunks; the elephants giggled at them
D: The children giggled at the elephants spouting plumes of water through their trunks.

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D: the children giggled at the elephants spouting plumes of water through their trunks.
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