The phrase "a straightforward reading of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an interpretation or understanding of a text or situation that is clear and uncomplicated.
Example: "A straightforward reading of the novel reveals its central themes of love and sacrifice."
Alternatives: "a clear interpretation of" or "an uncomplicated understanding of".
Our holding followed from a straightforward reading of the Fifth Amendment privilege.
Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the court, relied on a straightforward reading of the identity-theft statute, which requires that the defendant "knowingly" use another person's identification.
The program opened with a straightforward reading of the Concerto No. 1 in F, followed by the Concerto No. 2 in F, enhanced by vivid contributions from the flutist Sooyun Kim.
We also are told in no uncertain terms that we cannot rely on (what I happen to regard as a more accurate description) "a straightforward reading of 'utilize.' " Ante, at 453.
Nor can Congress have meantas a straightforward reading of "utilize" would appear to requirethat all of FACA's restrictions apply if a President consults with his own political party before picking his Cabinet.
Unable to show that an application of FACA according the plain meaning of its terms would be absurd, the Court turns instead to the task of demonstrating that a straightforward reading of the statute would be inconsistent with the congressional purposes that lay behind its passage.
There are surprising stylistic nods to Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon, but Mr. Schneider is also still balancing the odd and perverse: the record features both a gorgeously straightforward reading of "Tomorrow," from the musical "Annie," and a double-entendre-laden love song with a title unfit to print.
The ruling is, in my opinion, a pretty straightforward reading of the law, which is actually an annual appropriations rider called the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits the expenditure of federal money on any research that'll harm or kill a human embryo.
The violinist Gil Shaham joined the society's artistic directors, the cellist David Finckel and the pianist Wu Han, in a deft, straightforward reading of the Haydn.
What Unna was saying is that we cannot pretend to derive our values from a simple, straightforward reading of Torah, since Torah contains multitudes, and can be read as advocating universal humanism, on the one hand, and radically particularistic chauvinism, on the other -- and, of course, anything and everything in between.
"It's truly a straightforward reading and analysis and application of the [Texas] Homeland Security Act.
