If I want to say that the proportion of families having two cars rose significantly, and the proportion of families having no car fell significantly, is the sentence below correct? Thanks!
“Overall, the most remarkable rise was seen in the proportion of families having two cars, while the reverse was true for no-car households.”
Sounds and looks fine to me.
Yes, to me too, but I would say: “…families owning two cars”.
The meaning might be the same, but in terms of grammar, can “the reverse” be equal to “the most remarkable FALL was seen”, or does it mean “the most remarkable rise was NOT seen”…, or is the usage of that phrase correct in this situation?
It just seems odd the more I reread the sentence.
In the given context ‘the reverse’ means ‘the opposite’ and the opposite of ‘a remarkable rise’ is ‘a significant fall’ or ‘decline’.
Thank you so much for your time!