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Habibaelgindy Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct?

If roles were reversed,..

or

If THE roles were reversed,..

  

Top answer

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.

  • 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, their, our, the actors’).
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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

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