Grammartical Fault in the following paragraph

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Thirdly, coming back to the vehicle maintenance, I am claiming the same from the period from Oct 2008 to Oct 2010 during which it was allowed. It is only after that time i.e. Oct 2010 that it was discontinued. You have even acknowledged the same granting me Rs.8400/- in front of Mr. Shiv and Mr. Raturi when we met last in Oct 2010. So I do hope you cannot dishonor and go back from your words.

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AnonymousThirdly,
coming back to the vehicle maintenance, I am claiming the same from the
period from Oct 2008 to Oct 2010 during which it was allowed. It is
only after that time i.e. Oct 2010 that it was discontinued. You have
even acknowledged the same granting me Rs.8400/- in front of Mr. Shiv
and Mr. Raturi when we met last in Oct 2010. So I do hope you cannot
dishonor and go back from your words.

Where's the grammatical error? The last sentence, "I do hope you CANNOT DISHONOR AND GO BACK FROM your words". This sentence has many problems.
1. "HOPE you CANNOT" is invalid. You can say "YOU CANNOT" or "YOU MUST NOT", but these are INSTRUCTIONS, or ORDERS. Like "NO SMOKING" = "YOU MUST NOT smoke". You can't add "I HOPE" in front of them. You can say "I HOPE you DON'T" or "I HOPE you WILL NOT".
2. "DISHONOR" is a TRANSITIVE verb, and it requires a noun. You can dishonor your family, dishonor your traditions, dishonor yourself, etc, but you can't just DISHONOR, full stop.
3. "GO BACK FROM your word" is not idiomatic, you should say "go back ON your word".
4. "your WORDS" should be "your WORD". Your WORD is the words you say, or the promises or commitment that you make.
So I'd rephrase that last sentence as something like
"I hope you will not dishonor your reputation by going back on your word".
It's still a bit clunky but it's fairly good grammar.

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