If roles were reversed,..
or
If THE roles were reversed,..
In theatre, ‘a role’ is an actor’s ‘character or part’. In sports, the trainer teaches other players: he has the ‘role’ of teacher. ‘Roles’ belong either with a title or qualifier: the role of King; the role of assistant.
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In theatre, ‘a role’ is an actor’s ‘character or part’.
In sports, the trainer teaches other players: he has the ‘role’ of teacher.
‘Roles’ belong either with a title or qualifier: the role of King; the role of assistant.
For roles to be reversed, the King would become the assistant; and the assistant would become the King.
‘Roles’ almost always takes an article (the, t