According to Benjamin Whorf, if you did not have words for the past or the future, you would
A) only focus on the present.
B) create words.
C) be easily confused.
D) have no way of understanding the concept of time.

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Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that language shapes thought. Without words for past or future, one might focus only on the present, as language influences how we perceive and conceptualize time.

According to Benjamin Whorf, If You Did Not Have Words