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

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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 conjunctions.
Category: Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-either-or-neither/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I like neither pizza, nor ice cream, nor soda.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: NEITHER_NOR_SUPERFLUOUS_COMMA [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-22 22:33:07 +0200)