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TeacherJapan Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

The reverse/the converse/the opposite?

People who are good at languages are bad at math, and vice versa.

Is it okay to use all the following expressions instead of “vice versa”?

A) the opposite is also true.

B) the reverse is also true.

C) the converse is also true.

  

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teacherJapan A) the opposite is also true. What is the opposite? Is it bad at languages, good at math, or what?

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  • teacherJapan A) the opposite is also true.
  • What is the opposite?
  • Is it bad at languages, good at math, or what?
  • This doesn't work for "vice-versa".
  • teacherJapan B) the reverse is also true.
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teacherJapanA) the opposite is also true.

What is the opposite? Is it bad at languages, good at math, or what? This doesn't work for "vice-versa".

teacherJapanB) the reverse is also true.

Same as A.

teacherJapanC) the converse is also true.

Nobody knows what "converse" mea

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Definition of converse (Entry 3 of 4)

: something reversed in order, relation, or action: such asa: a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given theoremb: a proposition obtained by interchange of the subject and predicate of a given proposition"No P is S?" is the converse of "no S is P.?"

converse

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