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Originally Posted by HansTWN
"Yes, your honor, we did it. But we've got a pretty good excuse!" Got to love that.
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Yet another example of one of my bugaboos, the dubious paraphrase in quotation marks technique.
Just don't try it if you turn pro.
P.S. Yes I know you didn't claim any particular publishing executive said what you put in quotes, putting you, HansTWN, far above the Jonah Lehrer level.
Most of the publishing execs knew this kind of thing has to be done with winks. If they do lose their anti-trust case because of a verbal slip, that will be the reason. It is generally legal for companies to fix prices so long as the collaboration is basically non-verbal -- see airfares.