Excuse for so many questions and Thanks for kind answers

[kjc0123]

I have something to say in regard to my questions(so many, so boring). I am Korean and I am studying English as a second language. In doing so, I have to grasp meanings of words and phrases. I use my dictionaries(off-line and on-line) and in doing so I usually come to know those meanings but there are so many words and phrases whose meanings are not in dictionaries or whose meanings in dictionaries are not sufficient or quite vague in relation to certain context. So I need additional source and this site(and the people in this site) is quite valuable to me.

I have read "The Davinci Code" by Dan Brown and now I am reading "The Summons" by John Grisham. The two novels have so many different words and phrases for me. So I have asked so many questions and maybe have to ask for the future. Please forgive me and be so kind as to reply my questions : Your answers are helping me to understand English lanquage and English culture... and English people(I mean those who use English as their first language).

[QmunkE]

I'm very impressed - your questions are always phrased politely, and compared with a lot of the "English" that is written on this site, it is excellent! I just wish that some of the native speakers of our language would take a bit of time and make the effort to correctly spell and punctuate their questions and answers.

[RevShirls]

Please keep posting your questions, kjc0123. I haven't been on answerbook so often recently so I have only been able to respond to a couple of your questions but when I can I will, with pleasure.

You are using answerbook the way it should be used - with genuine questions. I know the problem with phrases and sayings. I am Scottish but live in Sweden now and have many problems with phrases, idioms etc.

It is a delight to be able to help you.

[jno]

You're welcome, kjc, and your English is excellent. Please continue to ask as many questions as you wish; there is nothing to apologise for. I think you could already converse easily with people in Britain (where this website is based). With the books you're reading, you are studying a more informal sort of English - slangy, often American, and more often used in spoken language than written language. Speakers of English (in America as well as Britain) are famous for not being able to understand any other language than their own, so it's very impressive to see the hard work you are putting into your study. Good luck!

[Ouisch]

I, for one, am impressed with your expertise of English since it is not your native language.  Your questions are more than welcome.

[woofgang]

agreed, kjc0123, you keep posting and we'll keep answering..

[rampart]

I agree!  I have enjoyed it. It makes me think more about my language.

I am glad to learn the title of the book!

Keep asking questions - we'll keep answering!

[Peter Pedant]

cooee Kay jay

thanks for the kind sentiments. I dont speak any Korean at all! It is reckoned to be one of the difficult languages - which is sort of lucky if you are a diplomat in training because they send you to the country itself to learn the language. - Same thing in Chinese Japanese and Arabic.

Grisham - I will have to go out and buy a copy.

anyway - good luck - you obviously work hard.

[Kingaroo]

KJC< I too enjoy thinking about the idioms and uses you ask about.
If you feel bad about the occasional AB-er who criticizes you, you could consider changing your name to make it clear to those silly people that you are a student of English -- KoreanStudent123 or something like that.
But really, you shouldn't have to change your name -- just ignore them, you have many friends here to defend you!