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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Use of vice versa

Hi what is the meaning of the following sentence-

Individuals earning high income pay high income tax, and vice versa.
  

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Anonymous vice versa This expression asks you to reverse the order of the elements already used in the previous clause. Individuals earning high income pay high income tax, and individuals paying high income tax earn high income . CJ

  • Anonymous vice versa This expression asks you to reverse the order of the elements already used in the previous clause.
  • Individuals earning high income pay high income tax, and individuals paying high income tax earn high income .
  • CJ
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Anonymousvice versa
This expression asks you to reverse the order of the elements already used in the previous clause.

Individuals earning high income pay high income tax, and individuals paying high income tax earn high income.

CJ
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Thanks Calif, does this sentence also mean that individuals earning low income pay low tax.
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I got the following sentence from the Guardian news paper-

Good ones can make us all feel better, and vice versa. [Guardian]

According to conventional definition of vice versa, this technically says that good ones can make us all feel better and we can all make good ones feel better, which is obviously not what the writer means.

What is the non-coventional meaning of vi
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Anonymous Thanks Calif, does this sentence also mean that individuals earning low income pay low tax?
No. Not to me.

CJ
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AnonymousGood ones
Good what? You can't expect anyone to answer a question like this with an unresolved pronoun reference.

More context, please.
Anonymouswhich is obviously not what the writer means.
I don't see anything obvious about that sentence. I don't even know what they're talking about.

CJ
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Example of the non-conventional use of vice versa

The title of Jeff Wilson's book

Good news what is bad for you and vice versa

Means good news what is bad for you and bad news about what is good for you

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