Why was the average sentence length in the 18th century so much longer than the average sentence today? Select all that apply.
the phrasing used by authors was often passive and less direct
the convention at that time was for authors to use several words to say something that people today say in a few words
the archaic spelling of words used by authors was considerably longer
authors included more clauses and phrases in sentences

ur mom

Explanation:

Explanation: authors included more clauses and the phrasing used by authors

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.

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