Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Education and Communications: [header] How to interpret statutes [title] Follow the plain meaning of the text. [step] The primary rule of statutory interpretation is to assume words and phrases have the same meaning a reasonable person would assume them to have. [substeps] If the statute makes sense on its face, you generally don't need to look any further.

Ending1: However, if the statute makes sense on its face, you are unlikely to receive a passage in the text of a statute. [title] Consider how, after reading through the text, you are prompted to interpret all evidence. Ending2: However, if the statute expresses the same theme as the search, it can be difficult to interpret the interpretative text. The text still needs to make sense, regardless of whether you've correctly searched for the text. Ending3: The other tools of statutory interpretation only apply to words and phrases that are ambiguous or could have several meanings. When you read the statute, avoid reading anything into it that isn't present in the language of the statute itself, or reading a word or phrase to imply something other than the plain meaning of the words themselves. Ending4: On the other hand, if the statute suggests a word or phrase will sound different from a command to ahima, it's perfectly acceptable to assume it doesn't. In this situation, you might ignore the text if it has any adjectives, thus giving the text what it means in the text.

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