I often wonder why the demons don’t possess Japanese people, but I found it out in this TV show. It turned out that those people who believed they were possessed were cursed by somebody else summoning the demons and I thought Japanese people are not famil (2023)

• English (US)

"I often wonder" is in present tense, so it sounds like you still don't know. Also, saying "It turned out" sounds like you are talking about the reason for something that already happened. For something that keeps happening (demons still aren't possessing Japanese people), that should be present tense to indicate that it continues to be true.

"The demons" is referring to some specific previously-mentioned demons. In this case it sounds like you're just talking about demons in general, so just "demons" (without "the") would be more natural. Likewise, "this TV show" only makes sense if you had already been talking about a specific TV show. If this is the first time you mentioned the TV show, then "a TV show" would be more correct.

As 1nd1g0 mentioned, "I found it out" is not really natural. In this case, I think "I found out why" would be best. Also, instead of "in a TV show", it's also more natural to say something like "while watching a TV show".

Again, "those" usually refers to some previously-mentioned people, so rather than "those people who believed..." I would just say "the people who believed" instead.

Instead of "I thought" in this case, it is more natural to say something like "I realized" or "it occurred to me".

"I often wondered why demons don't possess Japanese people, but then I found out why while watching a TV show. It turns out that the people who believed they were possessed were cursed by somebody else who summoned the demons. It occurred to me that Japanese people are not as familiar with Satanism, and that's why possession is less likely to happen."

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• English (US)
• Spanish (Mexico) Near fluent

It sounds good! But the beginning is a little unnatural.

You could say “I often wondered why demons in Japan don’t possess Japanese people, but after watching a TV show I found out why.”

• Turkish
• English (US) Near fluent

You don't have to use "it" in "found out" You can just say "I found out in this TV show" .

>Turns out that the people who believed that they were possessed were cursed by somebody else summoning the demons

>And I thought japanese people were not familiar with satanism as much

>Thats why possessions are less likely to happen

• English (US)

"I often wonder" is in present tense, so it sounds like you still don't know. Also, saying "It turned out" sounds like you are talking about the reason for something that already happened. For something that keeps happening (demons still aren't possessing Japanese people), that should be present tense to indicate that it continues to be true.

"The demons" is referring to some specific previously-mentioned demons. In this case it sounds like you're just talking about demons in general, so just "demons" (without "the") would be more natural. Likewise, "this TV show" only makes sense if you had already been talking about a specific TV show. If this is the first time you mentioned the TV show, then "a TV show" would be more correct.

As 1nd1g0 mentioned, "I found it out" is not really natural. In this case, I think "I found out why" would be best. Also, instead of "in a TV show", it's also more natural to say something like "while watching a TV show".

Again, "those" usually refers to some previously-mentioned people, so rather than "those people who believed..." I would just say "the people who believed" instead.

Instead of "I thought" in this case, it is more natural to say something like "I realized" or "it occurred to me".

"I often wondered why demons don't possess Japanese people, but then I found out why while watching a TV show. It turns out that the people who believed they were possessed were cursed by somebody else who summoned the demons. It occurred to me that Japanese people are not as familiar with Satanism, and that's why possession is less likely to happen."

• Japanese

Thank you :)
That helped me a lot!

• Japanese