Practice Read the following debate topics, then make up four or five of your own. Note
that the statements are written in the affirmative rather than the negative. For
instance, “Smoking should be banned in restaurants” rather than “People should
not be allowed to smoke in restaurants."
1. Smoking should be banned in restaurants.
2. Students who are tardy should stay after school.
3. Initiation rituals should be banned from fraternities.
4. All schools should go to a year-round plan.
5. Teachers should dismiss disruptive students from the la

1. Illegal dumping should have a fee.

2. Everyone should be treated equal.

3. People should be required to respect all whom are around them.

4. One shouldn´t judge off of one´s cover.

Explanation:

These are all debatable topics that are affirmative rather than passive agressive.

where is the passage?

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.