39. The writer wants to stress the amount of geologic time that had passed since the land their farm is now on was underwater. Assuming that the capitalization would be adjusted as needed, where should the underlined portion be placed?
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is D
Explanation
According to the requirements of the question stem, the time adverbial "Eons ago" should modify the entire object clause, indicating that "our farm was underwater a long time ago", so it should be placed after that.