Some American Indians cannot express the idea of time in their tribal languages This fact shows that_____________ ??
Correct answer: D. time is not an important value in their culture
- A. their culture is still at a primitive stage
- B. they have not yet reached the industrial stage of evolution when time is money
- C. like all lower-class persons they focus on the present
- D. time is not an important value in their culture
Explanation
The absence of a grammatical way to express time suggests that time may not have the same cultural importance or meaning in that society. It does not prove that the society is primitive or that its members focus only on the present.
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