The phrase "a reader on a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you are discussing a specific type of reader or a topic related to reading, but it needs additional information to be fully clear.
Example: "A reader on a digital platform can access a wide range of materials."
Alternatives: "a reader in a" or "a reader of a".
I would add this, contributed by a reader on a book site: The very first thing I did after finishing "The Tragedy of Arthur"… was to Google to see what was true and what wasn't…only to find that much of Phillips's traceable past has been erased.
The relevance of a given chunk is determined by factors such as the time spent by a reader on a section, or the access frequency of a section.
A reader on a Reddit comment thread about the post describes the photo as "hard to look at," another writes, "Reading the story behind it just makes it all the more difficult, what a powerful image".
It takes a reader on a journey, and as you're writing it, you're charting that journey -- and I had a talented editor, Ben Hyman, at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, who helped create that, really worked with me on structure in a great way.
If a story can take a reader on a journey, make the reader believe it to be true, really want it to be true, make the reader feel that he or she has become immersed in the story and in the lives of its characters, then the writer has done his or her job, whether or not the story he or she has told is fiction or nonfiction.
The error was pointed out in an e-mail from a reader on Wednesday.
A telephone message from a reader on May 18 pointed out the error about the payment.
I'm now heading off to follow a tip from a reader on where to eat breakfast.
What were we to think here at City Room upon receiving an e-mail from a reader on Tuesday reporting something amiss among the roughly 200 international flags flown around the perimeter of the Rockefeller Center skating rink?
John seems to think that this next-gen Kindle Fire has finally achieved "productivity status," moving from a reader on steroids to a full-fledged computing device.
That's what keeps an audience (and a reader) on the edge of their seats.
