I saw the flip side of this issue the other day. The passage went something like this:
Harvey Baxter, chairman of Philosoph Enterprises, said last night, “I have no comment on this issue at the present time.”Now, that is a "declined to comment." Don't waste your publication's paper and ink and your readers' time by printing such quotes.
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And sometimes the reporter tries to save too much ink by saying, "He declined comment."
Why do we insist on using the silly "declined to" when "would not" is so much more natural?
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