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Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak (www.neowin.net)

submitted 10 months ago by meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] amio@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is it wrong? Definitely awkward, but I've seen this construction before. Not a native speaker...

[–] e0qdk@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's probably an Indian English-ism. It's understandable but sounds weird to speakers of American English (and maybe other English dialects).

A more natural sounding title (to an American English speaker) would use "Microsoft is making" or "Microsoft is planning to make" rather than "Microsoft might want to be making".

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Might want to make?

[–] TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's English, so it's difficult to be wrong, but that phrase do be weird.