Could you please check my English for me?
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What do the academic papers you have read in your university say about the similarities between Greek comedies and Japanese kabukis?
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Concerning to the sentense I created from the original Japanese sentense, my text suggests "What were the similarities between Greek comedy and kabuki in the academic papers you read at university?"
What is the difference?

Answers

Minichi

8 Dec 2022

English (US)

They mean the same thing. The only difference was the order of the words.

I also think "were" should be "are", "at" should be "in", and you should add "have" between "you read" in
"What were the similarities between Greek comedy and kabuki in the academic papers you read at university?"

This is the sentence with my version:
"What are the similarities between Greek comedy and kabuki in the academic papers you have read in university?"

jete_et_jete

8 Dec 2022

Japanese

@Minichi Thank you for your help! Could you also enlighten me, in this case, what the deifference is between the singular "Greek tragedies and Japanese kabukis" and the plural "Greek tragedy and Japanese kabuki"?

Minichi

8 Dec 2022

English (US)

@jete_et_jete Oops, I didn't notice the plurals! Sorry! Using the plurals would be correct in this case.

"What are the similarities between Greek comedies and Japanese kabukis in the academic papers you have read in university?"

You should use plurals in this case since you are talking about Greek comedies and Japanese kabukis in general and there are many of them.

If you are talking about one Greek comedy or Japanese kabuki then you use singular.

jete_et_jete

8 Dec 2022

Japanese

@Minichi Now it makes full sense to me! Thank you very much.

Minichi

8 Dec 2022

English (US)

No problem!

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Could you please check my English for me?
------------------------
What do the academic papers you have read in your university say about the similarities between Greek comedies and Japanese kabukis?
-------------------------

Concerning to the sentense I created from the original Japanese sentense, my text suggests "What were the similarities between Greek comedy and kabuki in the academic papers you read at university?"
What is the difference?