1. Mere : MERE (meer) n.
Lake; pool
2. Mermaid : MER maid (mer’ made) n.
Fabled marine creature, half fish, half woman
3. Merman : MER man (mer’ man) n.
The male of the marine creatures
4. Marine : MAR ine (ma rene’) adj.
Relating to the sea
5. Marine : MaR ine (ma rene’) n.
A sailor, serving on shipboard
At last they managed to repair the telephone
Answer:
no, but if you wrote that I would say "the texts states" instead of "the test says"
Explanation:
the explanation is commas commonly appear before quotation marks for instance there is a strong convention of using a comma after expressions like "he said" or "she asked" there is a widespread belief that a comma is required before a quotation although there isn't necessarily a grammatical reason for one
hope that helps
Though I do not know which is the underlined word, the only sentence that is grammatically correct is B