This double negative should be avoided.  “I cannot by no means permit you to go.”  Say, “I cannot possibly,” or “I cannot, under any consideration, permit you to go.”
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Nor—­no

“Give not me counsel, nor let no comforter delight mine ear,” says Shakespeare.

“There can be no rules laid down, nor no manner recommended,” says Sheridan.

“No skill could obviate, nor no remedy dispel the terrible infection.”

The foregoing sentences may be corrected by changing nor to and.

Not—­no

“I pray you bear with me; I cannot go no further,” says Shakespeare.  “I can go no further,” or “I cannot go any further,” will make the sentence correct.

Nor—­not

“I never did repent for doing good, nor shall not now.”

“We need not, nor do not, confine the purposes of God.”

“Which do not continue, nor are not binding.”

“For my part I love him not, nor hate him not.”

In these sentences, change nor to and.
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CHAPTER XVI

 Accordance of Verb with Subject

No rule of grammar is more familiar to the schoolboy than that which relates to the agreement of the verb with its subject, or nominative, and none that is more frequently violated.  It would be a mistake, however, to assume that the schoolboy is the only transgressor.  Ladies and gentlemen of culture and refinement, writers and speakers of experience and renown, have alike been caught in the quicksands of verb constructions.

“This painting is one of the finest masterpieces that ever was given to the world.”  A transposition of the sentence will show that the verb should be were, and not was.  “Of the finest masterpieces that ever were given to the world, this painting is one.”

“His essay on ‘Capital and Labor’ is one of the best that has ever been written on the subject.”  The verb should be have.

“The steamer, with all her passengers and crew, were lost.”  The subject is steamer, and the verb should be was.
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Interrogative sentences

“What signifies his good resolutions, when he does not possess strength of purpose sufficient to put them into practice?” Resolutions is the subject, and the verb should be signify.

“Of what profit is his prayers, while his practices are the abomination of the neighborhood?” Prayers being plural, the verb should be are.

“What avails good sentiments with a bad life?” Use avail.

Subject after the Verb

“In virtue and piety consist the happiness of man.”  Happiness, the subject, being singular, the verb should be consists, to agree with its nominative.