Her prose is plain, direct and effective, which makes it easy to translate.
The plain, direct writing, devoid of metaphor, suits the genre well.The Nordic detective is often careworn and rumpled.
What Evans loved about these old cards was that they showed plain, direct views of places and things.
We think that these senators have a plain, direct, and adequate interest in maintaining the effectiveness of their votes". Id., at 438, 59 S.Ct., at 975 (emphasis added).
The resulting movie was entirely different from its 2004 predecessor: "I wanted to shoot this one with a rather plain, direct visual style.
Appellees, relying heavily on this case, claim that they, like the state legislators in Coleman, "have a plain, direct and adequate interest in maintaining the effectiveness of their votes," id., at 438, 59 S.Ct., at 975, sufficient to establish standing.
Defoe's range is narrow, but within that range he is a novelist of considerable power, and his plain, direct style, as in almost all of his writing, holds the reader's interest.
ALICE ADAMS: Public Projects," the current exhibition at the Lehman College Art Gallery here, has a plain, direct look that will be familiar to anyone who has ever had to make a presentation to a client.
You will not see any articulate phrases or any profound similes or metaphors in this book, just plain, direct thoughts....The reason I say this is that I am a chemist--or at least I think I am, or at least I am aiming to be so--a professional chemist...So this is the aim of this book: the daily hazards of a Middle Eastern wife will be candidly revealed.
Specific effort was given to encouraging response from hard to reach groups, through use of plain direct questions, the development of an audio/visual support DVD provided on request, and the use of interviewers to assist in completion of the questionnaire if requested.
