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“Would” is not an appropriate word to use in a headline like this. “Will” or “may” are much more appropriate.

foobarbecue 4y ago
Right. Had me thinking "they would ... if what?" It implies a conditional. Edit: I see OP got this from the phrasing in the article "[Accenture] said on Thursday it would cut about 2.5% of its workforce..." . Not valid without the "they said."
- harperlee 4y ago
  At least in spanish media there’s a trend where lots of news are now titled in conditional to try to save face for the fact that the reporter has not done proper fact-checking so they can push the news quicker. And grammatically, it’s the better way, there’s an implied conditional. It also helps avoid clickbait ;)
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  - LeifCarrotson 4y ago
    Allegedly, an anonymous source was reported to have claimed.
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dfxm12 4y ago
The current headline of the linked article is Accenture cuts jobs, trims forecasts on worries of lower IT spending. I'm not sure if the headline had changed since OP posted it, but if so, there was no need to change it (I doubt Reuters would run with such a poor headline).
airstrike 4y ago
Personally I would use "to" instead
re-thc 4y ago
They have a Time Machine. It's in the past!
abid786 4y ago
I’m not sure if OP is Indian but in Indian English this is a pretty standard way of using the conditional tense in that variety of English [1]. It has led to misunderstanding and miscommunication on my part, so I’m not surprised to see such confusion here [1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222166/which-dialects-of-english-consider-would-to-be-a-polite-form-of-will https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222166/which-dia...
- radicalbyte 4y ago
  The OP is Indian. https://twitter.com/koolhead17 https://twitter.com/koolhead17 I thought that this was an Americanism (as I tend to assume that all weird misuse of English is) - thanks for teaching me something new :)
robofanatic 4y ago
Well English is not easy for foreigners. I guess that’s true with any language if you aren’t a native speaker.

Right. Had me thinking "they would ... if what?" It implies a conditional. Edit: I see OP got this from the phrasing in the article "[Accenture] said on Thursday it would cut about 2.5% of its workforce..." . Not valid without the "they said."

harperlee 4y ago
At least in spanish media there’s a trend where lots of news are now titled in conditional to try to save face for the fact that the reporter has not done proper fact-checking so they can push the news quicker. And grammatically, it’s the better way, there’s an implied conditional. It also helps avoid clickbait ;)
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- LeifCarrotson 4y ago
  Allegedly, an anonymous source was reported to have claimed.

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dfxm12 4y ago

The current headline of the linked article is Accenture cuts jobs, trims forecasts on worries of lower IT spending. I'm not sure if the headline had changed since OP posted it, but if so, there was no need to change it (I doubt Reuters would run with such a poor headline).

airstrike 4y ago

Personally I would use "to" instead

re-thc 4y ago

They have a Time Machine. It's in the past!

abid786 4y ago

I’m not sure if OP is Indian but in Indian English this is a pretty standard way of using the conditional tense in that variety of English [1]. It has led to misunderstanding and miscommunication on my part, so I’m not surprised to see such confusion here [1] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222166/which-dialects-of-english-consider-would-to-be-a-polite-form-of-will https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/222166/which-dia...

radicalbyte 4y ago
The OP is Indian. https://twitter.com/koolhead17 https://twitter.com/koolhead17 I thought that this was an Americanism (as I tend to assume that all weird misuse of English is) - thanks for teaching me something new :)

robofanatic 4y ago

Well English is not easy for foreigners. I guess that’s true with any language if you aren’t a native speaker.