Plane or Plain in the context of fairness

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Hello,
Wondering if someone can shine some light into the proper way to express fairness in the context of a competition. I can't find the correct expression using google which is making me doubt if it is even a common expression. I could swear I have heard the term level plane or level plain to mean when things are fair for everyone involve. For example: the bad ref was suspended creating a level plane / level plain for the teams.

Any help would be appreciated!

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[+3] - centrox - 11/18/2017In Britain we often talk about a "level playing field", meaning a situation in which everyone has the same chance of succeeding. Maybe that's what you heard?

In Britain we often talk about a "level playing field", meaning a situation in which everyone has the same chance of succeeding. Maybe that's what you heard?

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@centrox,

Ive thought about this and I think its possible it has origins in this expression, but I think its still its own. I guess a better question is, how would you say it:
level plain society
level plane society

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@jonagpa,

When I see the word 'plane', I normally think of airplanes. If something is flat or level, I would use plain.

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@jonagpa,

Level playing field is correct, although it sounds like plain or plane. I think this is true in all english speaking nations, or I'm a monkey's uncle.

Words that sound alike are called homophones.

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@jonagpa,

jonagpa wrote:

Ive thought about this and I think its possible it has origins in this expression, but I think its still its own. I guess a better question is, how would you say it:
level plain society
level plane society

You mean "how would you write it", since "plain" and "plane" sound identical, and you would say them the same. Maybe it's a local English expression in your country, India maybe? Or you misheard it. Certainly not used in mainstream English. If you insist, "plain" is geographic, and "plane" is geometric.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

When I see the word 'plane', I normally think of airplanes. If something is flat or level, I would use plain.

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Plane
noun
1.
a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.
"the horizontal plane"

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Plain
noun
1.
a large area of flat land with few trees.
"the coastal plain"

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@centrox,

Thank you

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You might be able to adjust an inclined plane to make it level; you definitely can't adjust a plain, which is, in any case, flat already.

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