On a plain reading

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

"On the one hand you have conventions that are, on a plain reading, quite strict, and then you have Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the UN, coming out and saying the war on drugs has failed".

But, if Trump really wasn't a party, that might amount to an outright defrauding of Clifford, who certainly could have thought, based on a plain reading of the text, that she was signing an agreement with Trump.

Norton t​old Roll Call that, ""based on a plain reading of the bill and principles of statutory interpretation, the District may be able to carry out its marijuana legalization initiative".

At the end of the day, the effective meaning of the Constitution and the law is not what you or I think it should mean based on a plain reading of the text, but whatever the courts say it means.

Just do a plain reading.

Barrister Martin McCann said: "There is nothing defamatory in either of these, on any plain reading of them.

On a plain text reading there's little disputing that the financial nexus of all things videogame is pretty much iPhones and such, and research consistently shows that new players increasingly enter the world of gaming through iPads.

In fact, slightly more children reported having read a book on a tablet than on a plain e-reader device.

It lies isolated on a plain background.

Each bunch is arranged on a plain background.

And yes, it is still fun with a plain old traditional PlayStation controller on a plain old 2-D television.