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Rule "neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z)
Message: There appears to be an unneeded comma here. "Neither...nor" is a correlative conjunction, so a comma should not separate the pair.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-either-or-neither/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He is neither rich, nor poor.
  • Neither the moon, nor the sun belong in that painting.
  • I know neither John, nor Jim.
  • She goes neither to the store, nor to the cinema.
  • neither, nor
  • I neither want that, nor care about it.
  • Elizabeth neither swims, nor bikes.
ID: NEITHER_NOR_SUPERFLUOUS_COMMA [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-11 22:33:10 +0100)