Which sentence correctly uses the semicolon? a. it was already late in the evening; and i wanted to go to bed
b. it had been a most unpleasant coincidence that the power outage had come when we had guests staying over; the entire house was full
c. still, most of our guests had been understanding about it; so there was, for the most part, good humor all around.
d. we had it worse than everyone on the first floor, all the windows in all the upstairs rooms were tinted; and there wasn’t enough moonlight in the first place.

B.

Explanation: You don't place a semicolon before coordinating conjunctions like "and", "but" or "so." Sentences A and D would be correct without the semicolon, and in sentence C, we should replace it with a comma (which is also an acceptable solution in sentences A and D). Sentence B successfully links two independent clauses that are so related semantically that it's best for them to be in the same sentence.

beowulf sets out on his journey for daneland. -- 1

hrothgar welcomes beowulf. -- 2

beowulf waits for grendel to attack heorot. -- 3

beowulf succeeds in defeating grendel by tearing off his arm. -- 4

beowulf fights with grendel’s mother. -- 5

beowulf sets out for his fight with the dragon. -- 6

beowulf sets out for his geatish homeland. -- 7

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.