Microsoft: $92.3 billion in quarterly revenue, driven by the cloud

Un exercice comptable ne coïncide pas nécessairement avec l’année civile.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Le bénéfice net selon les normes comptables annoncées atteint 36,6 milliards de dollars.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Microsoft a annoncé le 28 octobre un chiffre d’affaires de 92,3 milliards de dollars pour le trimestre clos le 30 septembre, en hausse de 19 % sur un an.

It reports past events, as in “announced” or “explained”. A / ont is the auxiliary avoir and the next word is the past participle. The passé composé alone does not tell you the date of the event.

Les résultats du premier trimestre de l’exercice 2027, publiés le 28 octobre, couvrent juillet à septembre 2026.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

Microsoft a annoncé le 28 octobre un chiffre d’affaires de 92,3 milliards de dollars pour le trimestre clos le 30 septembre, en hausse de 19 % sur un an.

Million and milliard are nouns, so use de before what is counted. Before a vowel it becomes d’. Mille works differently: look at the quantity as a whole instead of applying the same form.

Dans des résultats financiers, il faut aussi distinguer les performances passées des prévisions.

Dans means “in, inside” for places, but also for a scope such as a system or period. With future time, dans deux jours means “in two days”. In the article’s example, check what it is “inside” and which scope it marks. Identify the value of dans in the passage.

2027年にすでに起きた出来事という意味ではなく、2026年7～9月の業績です。

These forms limit and deny an interpretation: “it does not necessarily follow” or “that is not what is meant”. They do not necessarily deny every fact in the sentence. Read what is being denied together with the earlier part.

企業が成長を報告しても、将来の業績や株価を保証するものではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

売上高は商品やサービスの販売による収入で、利益は費用などを考慮した別の指標です。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

Microsoftは28日、9月30日までの四半期の売上高が923億ドルで、前年同期より19％増えたと発表しました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

Microsoftは28日、9月30日までの四半期の売上高が923億ドルで、前年同期より19％増えたと発表しました。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.

売上高が増えた割合を、そのまま利益の増加率として読むことはできません。

“〜すること” treats an action or content like a noun. The particle after it (が・を・は…) shows its role in the sentence. “ことができる” is a fixed combination meaning “can”.