This year, my New Year's resolution was to not buy anymore books until I had read all of the books I already had. But, after getting fifty dollars for my birthday, I couldn't resist stopping by the library's used book sale. Chose the answer that beat corrects the underlined portion of the sentence. If the underlined portion is correct as written, chose "NO CHANGE". The underlined portion is "But," found in the second sentence

"NO CHANGE"

Explanation:

In the given sentence, 'but' has been used correctly. The use of 'But' shows transition of the thought and action. 'But' is the conjunction that is used to show contrast between the first action and the second action. The first idea is to 'no buy anymore books' and the second idea is 'stopping by the library's used book sale'. Here, the two thoughts are standing in contrast to each other. Therefore the use of 'but' to build a transition has been aptly used.

the answer is, a) she is angry with elnora for not standing up for herself.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.