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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:	"Neither...nor" is a correlative construction, so the comma here may be unnecessary.
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/word-choice-either-or-neither/
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	But neither deployment, nor the local development flow, is containerized yet.
Correct sentences for comparison:	However, the French delegate, being neither a linguist nor a typographer, falsely stated that these are not independent French letters on their own, but mere ligatures (like fi or fl).
ID:	NEITHER_NOR_SUPERFLUOUS_COMMA [3]
Version:	6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-25 22:33:08 +0100)