The phrase "straightforward connection" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means a direct and easy link or relationship between two things. Example: "There is a straightforward connection between regular exercise and overall health."
(I'm not saying there's a straightforward connection between Sandy and global warming, but it's not impossible, either).
Large corporations want those governments to compete with each other by giving out tax breaks; and the unions like the straightforward connection between the resulting investments and jobs.
Perhaps the most straightforward connection between performance and artists' books can be seen in those books that creatively interpret and document performances.
While there does seem to be a relationship between economic anxiety and Trump's appeal, the straightforward connection that many observers have assumed does not appear in the data.
The article shows that there are significant differences in the competitiveness of funding systems, but no straightforward connection between financial incentives and the efficiency of university systems exists.
But a more straightforward connection between the place and the artist became apparent when I went to see Gavin Turk, whose contribution to Ant Noises 2 is Death of Che.
Mr. Friedkin's style in "The French Connection" was straightforward, unsubtle.
The straightforward kind of causal connection between mental activity and global warming (or, for that matter, airplanes, books, computers, drycleaners, etc). is evidently not the right kind of mind-dependence that determines the objectivism/non-objectivism divide.
The hip-hop connection became straightforward later in the show, when Jackman broke into a rap approximation of Harold Hill's patter from Meredith Willson's 1957 Broadway classic, "The Music Man".
You might think that the small-scale, straightforward style and intimate connections of "The Thorn in the Heart" would result in something more emotionally resonant than we're accustomed to from Mr. Gondry, but you'd be disappointed.
If applied in a straightforward way, such cross-connections would entail a costly modification of the Viterbi decoder.
