As to the question of who to “sell” the designs to . I have no clue,
however I am curious to know what you intend to convey through the
use of quotation marks around the words “sell” and "“buy”. Do you
somehow wish to distance yourself from the crass commercialism of
our industry? If not, what, pray tell?
Perhaps that is how it was told to her: “Yes you can buy or sell
designs.” She then used to quotations because they are not her
words, if she were to say that sentence herself it would sound
something like: “Yes you can purchase or market designs.” There for
the words are not the words that she would of used, hence the
quotation marks.
Elementary my dear Jerry
