What does to polish language mean exactly?

[ZOEYW]

Hey there,

My professor told me to further polish my language skills? What exactly does he mean? Judy to improve the skills or something else?

thanks,

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Is your profile information correct?

 

[Tdol]

My professor told me to further polish my language skills? What exactly does he mean? Judy to improve the skills or something else

He probably means that you need to work on all the little errors and refinements needed to smarten up your English rather than the basics.

 

[emsr2d2]

Judy to improve the skills or something else?

Who's Judy?

 

[charliedeut]

Who's Judy?

Maybe the one "Living next door to Alice"? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDvuskOGiY0 ;-)

 

[Raymott]

Hey there,

My professor told me to further polish my language skills? What exactly does he mean? Judy to improve the skills or something else?

thanks,

I doubt whether he means anything specific. He just wants you to improve your English. "To further polish your language skills" is likely to be a euphemism.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Who's Judy?

May it be "Just" instead of "Judy"? The "s" key is next to the "d" key; and "t", "y".

 

[emsr2d2]

May it be "Just" instead of "Judy"? The "s" key is next to the "d" key; and "t", "y".

I already suspected it was a typo or a predictive text "correction". I really wanted to get the OP to acknowledge and explain/rectify the error.

 

[Barb_D]

Dictionaries are your friend.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polish
See the second definition in the very top (the blue background) and the the first example sentence.

 

[ZOEYW]

I just want to learn what the emphasis of the usage of the word instead of the general idea that he is telling me to improve my english. thanks

Dictionaries are your friend.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polish
See the second definition in the very top (the blue background) and the the first example sentence.

 

[emsr2d2]

I just want to learn what the emphasis of the usage of the word instead of the general idea that he is telling me to improve my English. Thanks.

Why do you think there was any emphasis put on the word. We simply use the word "polish" sometimes to mean "improve". The only extra information I can add to that is that it normally refers to improving something that is already quite good. If your English were terrible, the teacher would be unlikely to tell you to polish it.