NOR/OR
Hi, everyone
I've read on the website "When to Use “Nor”" that you should use "not...nor" only when the second part of the negative is a verb phrase, like "Santa will not permit naughty behavior nor bringing nor even consider bringing presents" , but you shouldn't use "not...nor" when the nouns are governed by the same verb, like "He is not interested in Math nor science"... That sentence is considered by the author of this article I linked you to, although the part "nor is he interested in Sciencd" is omitted. That's why I thought the sentence in the OP was a double negative, because all of the nouns are related to the part "I have no longer"...
However, in a book,. I found this: "I have no longer any strength, any courage, any self-control, not even any power to set my own will in motion."
I'd like to know why he uses "not" if he had already used "no longer" in the same phrase. Is it not a double negative?
Thank you very much
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i am not sure but i think nor, either limited only for 2 not 3 or more.
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