Mr. Murry is not on planet Uriel, but the group has stopped there. Why do you think they travelled to Uriel? Do you think this trip is an important element in the story? Why

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.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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