1. I am urging you to give up smoking. It’s so important.
2. I am begging you to lend me the money!
3. I suggest you paint the wall yellow.
4. I promise I will buy you a bike if you get a passing grade.
Based on the context of the paragraph, I would say A. Before.
The answer is: [A]: simple.
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The sentence given:
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"<span>South Africa is the wealthiest and most powerful country of the region."
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is a simple sentence.</span>
3rd person point of view if i remember correctly