Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
Raman's discovery, made during the voyaging over the Mediterranean sea, that water molecules could scatter light just like air molecules, was very radical in those days.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. during a voyage across.
- Across- from one side of something to the other.
- Above- in a higher place.
- As across is used whenever we want to show the travelling from one end to another.
- In the given statement same situation is expresses so "across" will be the correct use.
- As the "voyage" is not particular here the article "a" will be used.
- The chosen option follows all the rules so it will be correct.
The correct sentence will be-
Raman's discovery, made during a voyage across the Mediterranean sea, that water molecules could scatter light just like air molecules, was very radical in those days.