Dear Gloria,
in http://www.heavenletters.org/god-is-always-right-here.html
• parag. 3
"You wondered if it meant that you were less than worthy? Have a thick skull? Are somehow out of the pale? Have failed a test and no longer allowed into the Kingdom?"
I don't have the least idea of the meaning of that expression: "Are somehow out of the pale". What is the subject of "Are"?
• parag. 7
"Let’s look at it this way: Hasn’t it always been that when you did not get your way and the results you wanted, you were sure it was some kind of failure on your part? Haven’t you thought for as long as you can remember that not getting what you wanted the way you wanted was failure in your eyes and everyone else’s? When have you not thought that you were down on the count!
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The expression I found is : "to be down FOR the count". Is there a difference with "to be down ON the count"? What is the nuance of meaning between the two?
• parag. 8
"Do you really believe that you have been dismissed, that you had your chance, missed your chance, and now simply aren’t good enough? You have always feared that you not quite good enough. I suppose that a "were/are" is missing here.
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Thanks