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[–] Beetschnapps 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Might want to be making…”

Weird ass attempt at future perfect tense?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Might want to make?

[–] TitanLaGrange 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ChatGPT, make my sentence coherent.